Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 The Israeli Acupuncture Association is requesting information on the following subjects, in order to promote acupuncture legislation in the Israeli parliament: 1. Who in your country is permitted to practice acupuncture/herbal medicine. 2. Basic prerequisites for practice, such as: years of study, academic certification, apprenticeship and other prerequisites. 3. Practitioners independence in receiving patients. Does a patient need to see an M.D. before approaching an acupuncture practitioner, do the treatments need to be supervised by a licensed M.D., does the practitioner need to demand that the patient will undergo W.M. diagnosis, are there any formal forms on behalf of the health ministry, etc. I shall be much obliged for your inputs on this issue, as the subject is getting " hot " in Israel, and an " acupuncture " law is being forwarded to the parliament in the near future. We would like to know the legal situation on this issue in as many countries as possible. Thank you for your assistance. Shmuel.................... www.acumedico.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Shmuel, I see that Fernando has responded with some particular information. To his comments I'd just add by way of emphasis that the licensing of medical practitioners in the USA is a matter of states rights. In New Mexico, for example, practitioners of Chinese medicine are known as Doctors of Oriental Medicine, or D.O.M.s, and they are indeed known as " doctor " . There are several sources of information concerning the various states' regulations. I believe that acupuncture.com has a list or a link to a list, if I remember correctly. You might also be interested in getting ahold of the regulations from the PRC. The State Administration of TCM publishes their pertinent laws and regulations, and it is certainly worth understanding how the contemporary Chinese regulate the subject. No doubt similar rules are available from places like Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, among other localities, where the practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine is both long and well established. Whenever it comes to regulatory processes, the importance of language and communication emerges as particularly important. My contention has long been that individuals who do not know what the words they are saying mean are ill-equipped to either give or receive testimony concerning the subject. And as I have pointed often pointed out, the level at which the disconnect tends to occur as a result of misunderstanding is the most basic one. When you have an entire knowledge base of a medical subject that is formulated around words and ideas like yin/yang, qi, wu xing, etc. which more or less lack adequate meaning for a surprising majority of those who use them professionally, the regulatory environment is likely to reflect the actual level of confusion. In other words...and these are taken directly from an ancient Chinese text which addresses this point directly... if the root is in confusion nothing will be well governed. For this reason alone I urge everyone who cares about the future of the subject to incorporate becoming familiar with the meanings of the basic terms, as a start, and with the language of Chinese medicine in general, as a way of helping to ensure that the future development of the subject in your local area proceeds according to some sensible approach. If you back up from the current strategy being deployed in the US and elsewhere concerning " research " into Chinese medicine, acupuncture, etc., it is plain to see that what is now starting to accumulate is the basis in " studies " for establishing the inefficacy of various treatments for various diseases and conditions. If you want to look at the list of those that are being targeted, just look at the NIH's consensus statement of 1997 that listed those conditions for which acupuncture is understood to be effective therapy. The NIH proceeded to develop a funding mechanism in the wake of this publication, that essentially challenges medical researchers to disprove those claims and offers substantial funding to underwrite this activity. This all relates, of course, to the process of regulation into which you find yourself now being drawn. Where will the regulators turn to develop data that will help them understand what the subject is and if and how it works, so that they feel comfortable signing into law a series of behaviors that they come to agree upon as the legal standards of practice? We use to have this discussion regularly on another list, until the tolerance for its implications dwindled to zero. But that doesn't mean that the subject is not just as important today as it has ever been. As no doubt you are now experiencing, when the wheels of government get greased up and start turning in your territory, they can grind exceedingly small. So good luck, indeed. If you've got more specific questions, I'm sure others will be happy to chime in with ideas and opinions. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 It's interesting that you should ask that when it's being debated in the U.S. concurrently. I also wrote a grant case study for Israel with regard to RCm cancer treatment. Would you like me to compile something of interest? Any more specifics rhan here? Keep the faith. " right " will prevail. Namaste, Debra Chinese Medicine , " Shmuel Halevi Ph.D " <halevis@a...> wrote: > The Israeli Acupuncture Association is requesting information on the > following subjects, in order to promote acupuncture legislation in > the Israeli parliament: > > 1. Who in your country is permitted to practice acupuncture/herbal > medicine. > > 2. Basic prerequisites for practice, such as: years of study, > academic certification, apprenticeship and other prerequisites. > > 3. Practitioners independence in receiving patients. Does a patient > need to see an M.D. before approaching an acupuncture practitioner, > do the treatments need to be supervised by a licensed M.D., does the > practitioner need to demand that the patient will undergo W.M. > diagnosis, are there any formal forms on behalf of the health > ministry, etc. > > I shall be much obliged for your inputs on this issue, as the > subject is getting " hot " in Israel, and an " acupuncture " law is > being forwarded to the parliament in the near future. We would like > to know the legal situation on this issue in as many countries as > possible. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Shmuel.................... www.acumedico.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 It's interesting that you should ask that when it's being debated in the U.S. concurrently. I also wrote a grant case study for Israel with regard to RCm cancer treatment. Would you like me to compile something of interest? Any more specifics rhan here? Keep the faith. " right " will prevail. Namaste, Debra Chinese Medicine , " Shmuel Halevi Ph.D " <halevis@a...> wrote: > The Israeli Acupuncture Association is requesting information on the > following subjects, in order to promote acupuncture legislation in > the Israeli parliament: > > 1. Who in your country is permitted to practice acupuncture/herbal > medicine. > > 2. Basic prerequisites for practice, such as: years of study, > academic certification, apprenticeship and other prerequisites. > > 3. Practitioners independence in receiving patients. Does a patient > need to see an M.D. before approaching an acupuncture practitioner, > do the treatments need to be supervised by a licensed M.D., does the > practitioner need to demand that the patient will undergo W.M. > diagnosis, are there any formal forms on behalf of the health > ministry, etc. > > I shall be much obliged for your inputs on this issue, as the > subject is getting " hot " in Israel, and an " acupuncture " law is > being forwarded to the parliament in the near future. We would like > to know the legal situation on this issue in as many countries as > possible. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Shmuel.................... www.acumedico.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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