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Committee debates clinical‑hours, internships and externships; schools urge clearer supervision standards
Summary
Licensing committee reviewed the board’s 950‑hour clinical instruction requirement and a regulation that at least 75% of clinical instruction occur in a school‑owned clinic. Schools and accreditors said supervision and assessment — not ownership alone — should govern allowed internship/externship hours; no regulatory change was adopted.
The California Acupuncture Board licensing committee heard extensive comment on clinical‑education requirements, including whether the board’s regulation that 75% of clinical instruction occur in a school‑owned clinic should be revised to permit more supervised internships and externships outside school‑owned facilities.
Staff reviewed the current regulatory language requiring at least 950 hours of clinical instruction, “75% of which shall be in a clinic owned and operated by the school.” Several accredited‑program representatives and school leaders told the committee the stronger quality control element is supervision, site…
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