Sec. 3. (a) An applicant may, upon the payment of a fee established by the board, be granted a license if the applicant:

(1) submits satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant has been licensed to practice acupuncture in another state or authorized in another country to practice acupuncture;

(2) meets the requirements of section 1(1) through 1(4) of this chapter; and

(3) shows to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant has:

(A) successfully completed a clean needle technique course substantially equivalent to a clean needle technique course approved by a national acupuncture association approved by the board;

(B) successfully completed a three (3) year postsecondary training program or acupuncture college program that meets the standards substantially equivalent to the standards for a three (3) year postsecondary training program or acupuncture college program approved by a national acupuncture association approved by the board; and

(C) passed an examination substantially equivalent to the examination required by a national acupuncture association approved by the board.

(b) An applicant may, upon the payment of a fee established by the board, be granted a professional's license to practice acupuncture if the applicant submits satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant is a:

(1) chiropractor licensed under IC 25-10;

(2) dentist licensed under IC 25-14; or

(3) podiatrist licensed under IC 25-29;

with at least two hundred (200) hours of acupuncture training.

(c) The board shall:

(1) compile, at least once every two (2) years, a list of courses and institutions that provide training approved for the purpose of qualifying an individual for a professional's license under subsection (b); and

(2) adopt rules that set forth procedures for the case by case approval of training under subsection (b).

(d) If an individual's license described in subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) is subject to any restrictions as the result of disciplinary action taken against the individual by the board that regulates the individual's profession, the same restrictions shall be applied to the individual's professional's license to practice acupuncture.

(e) An individual's professional's license issued under subsection (b) shall be suspended if the individual's license described under subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) is suspended.

(f) An individual's professional's license issued under subsection (b) shall be revoked if the individual's license described under subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) is revoked.

(g) The practice of acupuncture by an individual issued a professional's license under subsection (b) is limited to the scope of practice of the individual's license described in subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3).

As added by P.L.265-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.59-2001, SEC.2; P.L.105-2008, SEC.7; P.L.134-2008, SEC.17.