(c) Demonstrate competence in performing acupuncture by meeting one of the following standards for education, training or demonstrated experience:
(1) Graduation from a course of training of at least one thousand eight hundred hours, including three hundred clinical hours, that is:
(A) Approved by the national accreditation commission for schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine; or
(B) Found by the board to be equivalent to a course approved by the national accreditation commission for schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine;
(2) Achievement of a passing score on an examination that is:
(A) Given by the national commission for the certification of acupuncturists; or
(B) Determined by the board to be equivalent to the examination given by the national commission for the certification of acupuncturists;
(3) Successful completion of an apprenticeship consisting of at least two thousand seven hundred hours within a five-year periodunder the direction of an individual properly approved by that jurisdiction to perform acupuncture; or
(4) Performance of the practice of acupuncture in accordance with the law of another jurisdiction or jurisdictions for a period of at least three years within the five years immediately prior to application that consisted of at least five hundred patient visits per year; and
(d) Achievement of any other qualifications that the board establishes in rules.
(c) Demonstrate competence in performing acupuncture by meeting one of the following standards for education, training or demonstrated experience:
(1) Graduation from a course of training of at least one thousand eight hundred hours, including three hundred clinical hours, that is:
(A) Approved by the national accreditation commission for schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine; or
(B) Found by the board to be equivalent to a course approved by the national accreditation commission for schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine;
(2) Achievement of a passing score on an examination that is:
(A) Given by the national commission for the certification of acupuncturists; or
(B) Determined by the board to be equivalent to the examination given by the national commission for the certification of acupuncturists;
(3) Successful completion of an apprenticeship consisting of at least two thousand seven hundred hours within a five-year periodunder the direction of an individual properly approved by that jurisdiction to perform acupuncture; or
(4) Performance of the practice of acupuncture in accordance with the law of another jurisdiction or jurisdictions for a period of at least three years within the five years immediately prior to application that consisted of at least five hundred patient visits per year; and
(d) Achievement of any other qualifications that the board establishes in rules.
(c) Demonstrate competence in performing acupuncture by meeting one of the following standards for education, training or demonstrated experience:
(1) Graduation from a course of training of at least one thousand eight hundred hours, including three hundred clinical hours, that is:
(A) Approved by the national accreditation commission for schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine; or
(B) Found by the board to be equivalent to a course approved by the national accreditation commission for schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine;
(2) Achievement of a passing score on an examination that is:
(A) Given by the national commission for the certification of acupuncturists; or
(B) Determined by the board to be equivalent to the examination given by the national commission for the certification of acupuncturists;
(3) Successful completion of an apprenticeship consisting of at least two thousand seven hundred hours within a five-year periodunder the direction of an individual properly approved by that jurisdiction to perform acupuncture; or
(4) Performance of the practice of acupuncture in accordance with the law of another jurisdiction or jurisdictions for a period of at least three years within the five years immediately prior to application that consisted of at least five hundred patient visits per year; and
(d) Achievement of any other qualifications that the board establishes in rules.
