32-3924. Qualifications for licensure; fingerprint clearance card

A. To receive a license to practice acupuncture pursuant to this chapter, a person shall submit an application as prescribed by the board.  The applicant shall disclose in an application for initial licensure all other active and past professional health care licenses and certificates issued to the applicant in this state or by another state, district or territory of the United States. The application shall document to the board's satisfaction that the applicant has successfully completed a clean needle technique course approved by the board and meets both of the following:

1. Has either:

(a) Been certified in acupuncture by the national certification commission for acupuncture and oriental medicine, or its successor organization, or another certifying body or examination that is recognized by the board.

(b) Passed the point location module, foundations of oriental medicine module, biomedicine module and acupuncture module offered by the national certification commission for acupuncture and oriental medicine.

(c) Been licensed by another state with substantially similar standards and has not had certification or licensure revoked.

2. Has graduated from or completed training in a board-approved program of acupuncture with a minimum of one thousand eight hundred fifty hours of training that includes at least eight hundred hours of board-approved clinical training.

B. Beginning January 1, 2023, an applicant for initial licensure or license renewal pursuant to this article shall possess a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.