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FL S1722
Bill
AI Summary
- Replaces the term "oriental" with "Eastern" throughout Florida's acupuncture statutes and adds "acupuncture physician" as a synonymous title for "acupuncturist"
- Expands the definition of "prescriptive rights" to include ordering clinical lab tests, diagnostic imaging, and administering herbs, homeopathic remedies, and nutritional supplements in sterile injectable form, while explicitly excluding controlled substances, corticosteroids, antibiotics, vaccinations, and botulinum toxin
- Defines "dry needling" as trigger point acupuncture, bringing it within the scope of acupuncture practice regulated under the chapter
- Creates new exemptions allowing acupuncture students in accredited programs to practice under direct supervision of licensed acupuncturists, and permits out-of-state licensed acupuncturists to perform procedures at board-approved continuing education events
- Eliminates state-administered examination fees and streamlines licensure to require completion of a board-approved national examination and certification process or licensure by endorsement, while maintaining a $300 application fee and up to $400 initial biennial licensure fee, effective July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Acupuncture
Last Action
Died in Health Policy
6/16/2025
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