2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 - PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.674 Certification as an acupuncturist -- Approval and denial of applications -- Renewal -- Reciprocity.
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311.674 Certification as an acupuncturist -- Approval and denial of
applications -- Renewal -- Reciprocity.
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To be certified by the board as an acupuncturist, an applicant shall:
(a) Submit an application approved by the board, with all sections completed,
with the required fee;
(b) Be of good character and reputation;
(c) Have achieved a passing score on the acupuncture examination
administered by the National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine; and
(d) Have graduated from a course of training of at least one thousand eight
hundred (1,800) hours, including three hundred (300) clinical hours, that
is approved by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine.
Prior to July 1, 2007, a person who is a Kentucky resident who does not meet
the requirement of paragraph (d) of this subsection may be certified by the
board if he or she meets all the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
subsection and passes the examination required under paragraph (c) of this
subsection. On and after July 1, 2007, all provisions of this subsection,
including graduation from an approved course of training as specified in
paragraph (d) of this subsection, must be met by all applicants before initial
certification as an acupuncturist may be granted.
An acupuncturist who is legally authorized to practice acupuncture in another
state and who is presently in good standing in that other state may be certified
by endorsement from the state of his or her credentialing if that state has
standards substantially equivalent to those of this Commonwealth. An applicant
who submits his or her application for certification within the six (6) months
immediately following July 12, 2006, shall be certified by the board as an
acupuncturist if the applicant meets the requirements of subsection (1)(a) to (c)
of this section and has been legally authorized to practice acupuncture in
another state for at least two (2) years prior to submission of the application.
The board may request any reasonable information from the applicant and
from collateral sources that is necessary for the board to make an informed
decision. The applicant will execute any necessary waiver or release so that
the board may obtain necessary information from collateral sources. An
application will be considered completed when the applicant has fully answered
all sections of the approved application and the board has received all
necessary additional information from the applicant and collateral sources.
An acupuncturist's certificate shall be renewed every two (2) years upon
fulfillment of the following requirements:
(a) The applicant has submitted a renewal application approved by the board
within the time specified, with all sections completed, with the required
fee;
(b) The applicant is of good character and reputation; and
(c) The applicant has provided evidence of completion of the required
continuing education during the previous period of certification, including
evidence of completion of a continuing education course on the human
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immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the
previous ten (10) years that meets the requirements of KRS 214.610.
The board shall notify each applicant in writing of the action it takes on an
application within one hundred twenty (120) days following the board's receipt
of a completed application.
Notwithstanding any of the requirements for certification established in this
section, and after providing the applicant with reasonable notice of its intended
action and after providing a reasonable opportunity to be heard, the board may
deny certification to an applicant without a prior evidentiary hearing upon a
finding that the applicant has violated any provision of this section or is
otherwise unfit to practice. If the board denies an application, it shall notify the
applicant of the grounds on which the denial is based. Orders denying a
certificate may be appealed pursuant to KRS 311.593.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 249, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). For the sake of clarity and
under the authority of KRS 7.136(1)(c), the Reviser of Statutes has further
divided subsection (1) of 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 249, sec. 4.
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