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Board committee and public debate centers on doctoral titles, curriculum, clinical hours and English proficiency
Summary
Board members and stakeholders on June 12–13 debated a push to standardize doctoral-degree naming and to reconsider curriculum prerequisites, clinical-hour distribution and English-proficiency rules for foreign-trained applicants.
The California Acupuncture Board continued a multi‑day discussion on June 12–13 about degree and title standardization, curriculum prerequisites, clinical hours and English‑proficiency standards for foreign‑trained applicants.
Licensing Committee Chair Amy Matecki summarized committee deliberations and said the group discussed clean-needle technique requirements, clinical-hour minimums (California currently has a 950‑hour clinical requirement in programs), internship and externship…
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