2009 Hawaii Code
Volume 10
TITLE 25 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER 436E - ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONERS
§436E-3.5 - Physicians and osteopaths not exempt.
§436E-3.5 Physicians and osteopaths not exempt. Persons licensed under chapter 453 who desire to practice acupuncture shall be subject to licensing under this chapter. [L 1989, c 180, §2; am L 1993, c 260, §1; am L 2009, c 11, §57]
Note
The 2009 amendment is retroactive to April 3, 2008. L 2009, c 11, §76(2).
Attorney General Opinions
Medical acupuncture is not sufficiently distinct from traditional acupuncture so as to fall outside the scope of the practice of acupuncture. Physicians licensed by board of medical examiners cannot practice medical acupuncture absent licensure by board of acupuncture. Att. Gen. Op. 03-5.
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