54-4708 ACUPUNCTURE TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE.
PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 47
ACUPUNCTURE
54-4708. Acupuncture technician certificate. (1) A person may apply for an acupuncture technician certificate by, in addition to paying all required fees, submitting a written application provided by the board and showing to the satisfaction of the board that such person meets the following requirements:
(a) Completion of the requirements for clinical technician certificate by the international academy of medical acupuncture, inc., or such other comparable requirements as are approved by the board; and
(b) Passed a clean needle technique course that has been approved by the board; and
(c) Passed an examination or other demonstration of proficiency as may be uniformly required for other similarly qualified applicants for an acupuncture technician certificate.
(2) In approving an acupuncture technician certificate the board shall consider the scope and extent of the applicant’s academic and other training and experience in health care and may, for each individual acupuncture technician:
(a) Require the direct and immediate supervision by a person licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter or by a health care practitioner licensed or certified in Idaho or by a health care practitioner otherwise exempt from licensure under this chapter;
(b) Restrict the practice of acupuncture for the acupuncture technician to specified therapies or treatments.