2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.672 Definitions for 311.671 to 311.686.
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311.672 Definitions for 311.671 to 311.686.
In KRS 311.671 to 311.686, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings <br>given to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: <br>(1) "Acupuncturist" means an individual certified to practice acupuncture by the board; <br>(2) "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure; <br>(3) "Committee" means the Acupuncture Advisory Committee under the State Board of
Medical Licensure;
(4) "Certification" means certification by the board to practice acupuncture; and <br>(5) "Practice of acupuncture" means the insertion of acupuncture needles, with or
without accompanying electrical or thermal stimulation, at certain acupuncture <br>points or meridians on the surface of the human body for purposes of changing the <br>flow of energy in the body and may include acupressure, cupping, moxibustion, or <br>dermal friction. The practice of acupuncture shall not include laser acupuncture, <br>osteopathic manipulative treatment, chiropractic adjustments, physical therapy, or <br>surgery.
Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 249, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 249, sec. 2,
subsec. (3), read: ""Council" means the Acupuncture Advisory Council under the <br>State Board of Medical Licensure." However, 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 249, sec. 3, created <br>the Acupuncture Advisory Committee, not the Acupuncture Advisory Council. The <br>Reviser of Statutes has changed the references to "Council" to "Committee" in <br>codifying this statute, under the authority of KRS 7.136(1)(h).
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