Acupuncturist
- Exam
- State + third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Required
Acupuncturists administer therapeutic treatment of symptoms and disorders by inserting needles of varying lengths and applying moxibustion to specific areas of the human body utilizing knowledge of acupuncture points and their functions to treat and mitigate specific conditions. They review a patient’s medical history, physical findings, and diagnoses made by other physicians to ascertain a patient’s symptoms to be treated. They may administer thermal or electrical treatment, or recommend dietary guidelines, energy flow exercises or dietary or herbal supplements in conjunction with their treatments.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Both state and third-party exams required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Board
- Texas Medical Board
- Address
- PO Box 2029 Austin, TX 78768
- Phone
- (512) 305-7010
- Agency website
- http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/licensing
- Last updated
- August 10, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Acupuncturist 29-1291.00
- Acupuncturist 29-1299.00
- Acupuncturist 29-1299.01
Source and verification
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