Report Title:
Acupuncturists; examination and licensure
Description:
Requires applicants for acupuncture licensure who graduated from foreign institutes to have their educational information evaluated by a professional crediting evaluator as a prerequisite for taking an exam and getting a license in Hawaii.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3106 |
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO GRADUATES OF FOREIGN ACUPUNCTURE PROGRAMS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 436E-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d)
Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c), effective September 1, 2000, before
any applicant shall be eligible [for the] to take the licensing
examination, the applicant shall furnish satisfactory proof to the board that
the applicant has completed a formal acupuncture program and has received a
total of [not less than] at least two thousand, one hundred
seventy-five hours of academic and clinical training consisting of an academic
program of [not less than] at least one thousand, five hundred
fifteen hours in the science of acupuncture (traditional oriental medicine) and
a clinical training program of [not less than] at least six
hundred sixty hours under the supervision of a licensed acupuncturist,
which shall result in the award of a certificate or diploma [at].
For applicants who graduated from an institute, school, or college[,]
located in the United States
or any territory under the jurisdiction of the
United States, the institute, school, or college shall be accredited or
recognized as a candidate for accreditation by any acupuncture or oriental
medicine accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of
Education [or at]. For applicants who graduated from a foreign
institute, school, or college with a formal program in the science of
acupuncture, the applicant, at the applicant's own expense, shall have the
applicant's transcripts and curriculum evaluated by a board approved and designated
professional evaluator who shall make a determination whether the transcripts
and curriculum are at least equivalent to that of the United States accredited
acupuncture program, and that the foreign institute is licensed, approved,
or accredited by the appropriate governmental authority or an agency recognized
by a governmental authority in [that] the respective foreign
jurisdiction and whose curriculum is approved by the board."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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