Bill Text: IA HF581 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the licensure of acupuncturists. (Formerly HSB 101)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-10 - Subcommittee, Watts, Highfill, and Winckler. H.J. 537. [HF581 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF581-Introduced.html

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House File 581 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 101)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the licensure of acupuncturists.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 148E.1, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsections:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  "Acupuncture needle" means a solid core
  1  4 instrument including but not limited to acupuncture needles,
  1  5 dermal needles, intradermal needles, press tacks, plum blossom
  1  6 needles, prismatic needles, and disposable lancets.
  1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  1B.  "Acupuncture point" means a specific
  1  8 anatomical location on the human body that serves as a
  1  9 treatment site for using acupuncture.
  1 10    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  "Ashi acupuncture point" means an
  1 11 acupuncture point that is located according to tenderness upon
  1 12 palpation. "Ashi acupuncture point" is also known as a trigger
  1 13 point.
  1 14    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  "Licensee" means a person holding a
  1 15 license to practice acupuncture granted by the board pursuant
  1 16 to this chapter.
  1 17    NEW SUBSECTION.  3B.  "Meridians" means connected points
  1 18 across the human anatomy that affect a specific organ or other
  1 19 part of the body.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 148E.1, subsections 1 and 4, Code 2015, are
  1 21 amended to read as follows:
  1 22    1.  "Acupuncture" means a form of health care developed
  1 23 from traditional and modern oriental medical concepts that
  1 24 employs acupuncture, oriental medical diagnosis and treatment,
  1 25 and adjunctive therapies and diagnostic techniques, for the
  1 26 promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health and the
  1 27 prevention of disease.
  1 28    4.  "Practice of acupuncture" means the insertion of
  1 29 acupuncture needles and the application of moxibustion to
  1 30 specific areas of the human body based upon oriental medical
  1 31 diagnosis as a primary mode of therapy. Adjunctive therapies
  1 32 within the scope of acupuncture may include manual, mechanical,
  1 33 thermal, electrical, and electromagnetic treatment, and the
  1 34 recommendation of dietary guidelines and therapeutic exercise
  1 35 based on traditional oriental medicine concepts:
  2  1    a.  The stimulation or piercing of the skin with an
  2  2 acupuncture needle for any of the following purposes:
  2  3    (1)  To evoke a therapeutic physiological response, either
  2  4 locally or distally to the area of insertion or stimulation.
  2  5    (2)  To relieve pain or treat the neuromusculoskeletal
  2  6 system.
  2  7    (3)  To stimulate ashi points to relieve pain and
  2  8 dysfunction.
  2  9    (4)  To promote, maintain, and restore health, and prevent
  2 10 disease.
  2 11    (5)  To stimulate the body according to auricular, hand,
  2 12 nose, face, foot, or scalp acupuncture therapy.
  2 13    (6)  To use acupuncture needles with or without the use of
  2 14 herbs, electric current, or application of heat.
  2 15    b.  The use of oriental medical diagnosis and treatment,
  2 16 including:
  2 17    (1)  Moxibustion, cupping, thermal methods, magnets, gua sha
  2 18 scraping techniques, acupatches, herbal poultices, hot and cold
  2 19 packs, electromagnetic wave therapy, light and color therapy,
  2 20 sound therapy, or therapy lasers.
  2 21    (2)  Massage, acupressure, reflexology, shiatsu and tui na
  2 22 massage, or manual stimulation, including stimulation by an
  2 23 instrument or mechanical device that does not pierce the skin.
  2 24    (3)  Herbal medicine and dietary supplements, including
  2 25 those of plant, mineral, animal, and nutraceutical origin.
  2 26    c.  Any other adjunctive service or procedure that is
  2 27 clinically appropriate based on the licensee's training
  2 28 as approved by the national certification commission for
  2 29 acupuncture and oriental medicine or the accreditation
  2 30 commission for acupuncture and oriental medicine.
  2 31    Sec. 3.  Section 148E.2, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  2 32 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  2 33    b.  Successful completion of a three=year postsecondary
  2 34 training program or acupuncture college program which is
  2 35 accredited by, in candidacy for accreditation by, or which
  3  1 meets the standards of the national accreditation commission
  3  2 for schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine
  3  3  accreditation commission for acupuncture and oriental medicine.
  3  4    Sec. 4.  Section 148E.3, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
  3  5 following new subsection:
  3  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  A licensed professional utilizing
  3  7 acupuncture as long as the licensed professional acts within
  3  8 the professional's lawful scope of practice.
  3  9                           EXPLANATION
  3 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  3 11 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  3 12    This bill expands the definition of the practice of
  3 13 acupuncture under Code chapter 148E and adds definitions
  3 14 related to the practice of acupuncture. The bill updates the
  3 15 name of the accreditation organization for the practice of
  3 16 acupuncture. The bill exempts from Code chapter 148E licensed
  3 17 professionals utilizing acupuncture within the scope of
  3 18 practice for the professional.
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