HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               3627

3. TYPES OF ACUPUNCTURE;

4. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
TO ITS USE;

5. COMPLICATIONS IN ITS USE; AND

6. MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS AND
SYSTEMS OF ACUPUNCTURE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, INCLUDING
CLINICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

(II) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE BOARD MAY NOT
REQUIRE THE SUPERVISING, LICENSED PHYSICIAN:

1. TO UNDERTAKE ANY TRAINING IN
ACUPUNCTURE PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN THE SUPERVISION OF
ACUPUNCTURE; AND

2. IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR TO TAKE MORE
THAN 25 PERCENT OF THE PHYSICIAN'S CATEGORY I CONTINUING
MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT IN ACUPUNCTURE.

(III) THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT PROVIDED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH MAY NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE
UNTIL A PROGRAM OF TRAINING IN ACUPUNCTURE FOR SUPERVISING,
LICENSED PHYSICIANS, APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND ACCREDITED
FOR CATEGORY I CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION, EXISTS IN THIS
STATE.

(F) A PERSON, INCLUDING A PHYSICIAN, MAY NOT PERFORM,
ATTEMPT TO PERFORM, OR OFFER TO PERFORM ACUPUNCTURE IN THIS
STATE UNLESS REGISTERED BY THE BOARD.

(C) (F) WITH THE ADVICE OF THE ACUPUNCTURE ADVISORY
COUNCIL, THE BOARD MAY ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY
OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

(H) (G) THERE IS AN ACUPUNCTURE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

(I) (H) (1) THE COUNCIL CONSISTS OF 5 MEMBERS
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

(2)  OF THE 5 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL:

(I)  2 SHALL BE LICENSED PHYSICIANS; AND

(II)  3 SHALL BE ACUPUNCTURISTS WHO ARE NOT
LICENSED PHYSICIANS.

(3)  THE LICENSED PHYSICIAN MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL SHALL:

(I) HAVE ENGAGED REGULARLY IN THE
SUPERVISION OF ACUPUNCTURE FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS BEFORE
APPOINTMENT; AND