Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 2:23 p.m.
HB 1314 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2263
10/01
HOUSE BILL 1314
AN ACT relative to the licensure by the board of acupuncture licensing.
SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows certain persons licensed by the board of acupuncture licensing who are doctors of acupuncture to use that title. The bill also modifies a continuing education requirement for licensed acupuncturists.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2263
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the licensure by the board of acupuncture licensing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Acupuncture; Titles for Licensees. Amend RSA 328-G:9, V to read as follows:
V.(a) Whoever, not being licensed or exempted as provided in this chapter, shall advertise oneself or in any way hold oneself out as qualified to practice acupuncture, or shall practice acupuncture, or whoever does so after receiving notice that one's license has been revoked, and whoever, being licensed as provided in this chapter, shall advertise or call oneself or allow oneself to be advertised or called a physician or a doctor in such a way as to imply that such credential relates to the provision of acupuncture services, or use any physician's or doctor's insignia for such purposes shall be in violation of this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), a person licensed under this chapter who has earned a doctoral degree in the practice of acupuncture from an ACAOM or board-approved program may hold himself or herself out and advertise as a doctor of acupuncture, or use any other letters or words denoting that the individual has earned a doctoral degree in the practice of acupuncture.
2 Acupuncturists; Continuing Education. Amend RSA 328-G:9, X to read as follows:
X. As a condition of renewal of license, the board shall require each licensee to show proof of having completed for each biennial period 30 continuing education units at approved institutions or as approved by the board. Maintaining continuous NCCAOM certification shall fulfill the continuing education requirement [as long as NCCAOM certification continues to require at least 30 Professional Development Activity points for each biennium].
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.