Talk:Regulation of acupuncture

Updated US regulation
According to http://mx.nccaom.org/StateLicensing.aspx which has links to all the relevant state government pages except a few where it's banned, 22 states require its certification (which there is a link to educational requirement of on the page) to practice acupuncture, 6 states ban acupuncture entirely. I did a quick read through of the remaining 23 states. They all require state acupuncturist licences, and mention either one or more of the following: state exam, accreditation by the nccaom or acaom, degrees in tcm or acupuncture, often with specified required amounts of science and practical education. An important point which should be made in the acupuncture wiki page is if you are in the US and you see someone who is practising acupuncture without a state acupuncturist license, they are breaking the law and probably don't have adequate education to be safely or effectively sticking needles into people or ensuring proper hygiene while doing so. Gudzwabofer (talk) 08:18, 23 March 2015 (UTC)