2005 Idaho Code - 54-4708 — ACUPUNCTURE TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 47
                                 ACUPUNCTURE
    54-4708.  ACUPUNCTURE TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE. (1) A person may apply for
an acupuncture technician certificate by, in addition to paying all required
fees, submitting a written application provided by the board and showing to
the satisfaction of the board that such person meets the following
requirements:
    (a)  Completion of the requirements for clinical technician certificate by
    the international academy of medical acupuncture, inc., or such other
    comparable requirements as are approved by the board; and
    (b)  Passed a clean needle technique course that has been approved by the
    board; and
    (c)  Passed an examination or other demonstration of proficiency as may be
    uniformly required for other similarly qualified applicants for an
    acupuncture technician certificate.
    (2)  In approving an acupuncture technician certificate the board shall
consider the scope and extent of the applicant's academic and other training
and experience in health care and may, for each individual acupuncture
technician:
    (a)  Require the direct and immediate supervision by a person licensed or
    certified pursuant to this chapter or by a health care practitioner
    licensed or certified in Idaho or by a health care practitioner otherwise
    exempt from licensure under this chapter;
    (b)  Restrict the practice of acupuncture for the acupuncture technician
    to specified therapies or treatments.