Acupuncture: license requirements and title protection.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Mar 17, 2026
What it does
Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, establishes the Acupuncture Board to license and regulate the practice of acupuncture. Existing law requires an applicant for a license to practice acupuncture to furnish satisfactory evidence of completion of an approved educational and training program, unless the applicant satisfies specified other requirements. Existing law defines "approved educational and training program" to mean a school or college that offers education and training in the practice of an acupuncturist that, among other requirements, offers a curriculum that includes at least 3,000 hours, of which at least 2,050 hours are didactic and laboratory training and at least 950…
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