2014 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 12 - Acupuncture
ARTICLE 2 - Certification Requirements
4939

(a) The board shall establish standards for the approval of schools and colleges offering education and training in the practice of an acupuncturist, including standards for the faculty in those schools and colleges, completion of which will satisfy the requirements of Section 4938.

(b) Standards for the approval of schools and colleges described in subdivision (a) shall include a minimum of 3,000 hours of study in curriculum pertaining to the practice of an acupuncturist. This subdivision shall apply to all students entering programs on or after January 1, 2005.

(c) Each school or college approved by the board shall receive full institutional approval under Article 6 (commencing with Section 94885) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code in the field of traditional Asian medicine, or in the case of institutions located outside of this state, approval by the appropriate governmental educational authority using standards equivalent to those of Article 6 (commencing with Section 94885) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code, or the board’s approval of the program shall automatically lapse.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 397, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2017, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 9 of Stats. 2014, Ch. 397.)