R: UK Regulation - Protection of the name 'Acupuncturist'

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Yes, dear Attilio, of course! I totally agree with you. A medical doctor

(physician) could be allowed to practice acupuncture only after a regular

course; here in Italy this license is gave after four years (about 360

hours); I would prefer just 100 hours more. There's no law concerning herbal

prescription: usually herbal TCM courses for medical doctors, already

licensed as acupuncturers, are two years long. You know it is not enough,

yet, but at the studies' end both courses (Acup, and herbal) are six years

at all.

The week-end courses must be deleted.

 

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Da: [attiliodalberto]

Inviato: lunedì 17 maggio 2004 11.17

A: Chinese Medicine

Oggetto: UK Regulation - Protection of the name 'Acupuncturist'

 

 

Hi all,

 

I uploaded the latest UK regulation article from the NHS a month ago

and asked if people knew if western medical acupuncture is the

weekend MD warriors. No-one replied. Disappointing but not

surprising.

 

Below is a section i cut from the article which proposes the

different names for 'our' field. As you can see in point ii, western

medical practitioners (MDs) will be allowed to be called

acupuncturists.

 

i) Acupuncturist (traditional acupuncture)

ii) Acupuncturist (Western medical acupuncture)

iii) Acupuncturist (auricular acupuncture)

iv) Herbal practitioner (Western herbal medicine)

v) Herbal practitioner (Chinese herbal medicine)

vi) Herbal practitioner (Ayurvedic medicine)

vii) Herbal practitioner (Tibetan herbal medicine)

viii) Herbal practitioner (Kampo)

ix) Traditional Practitioner (herbal medicine and

acupuncture)

x) Traditional Practitioner (herbal medicine)

xi) Traditional Practitioner (acupuncture)

 

I fell this is totally unacceptable. A MD can undergo a weekend

course and be called an acupuncturist and so practice `acupuncture'

is totally wrong.

 

For all of you who want to complain against this future legislation

of a protected name, send an email to HM-AC-Cons and

answer this question given below the list with a sounding NO!

 

Q7: Do you agree with the suggested subsidiary designations listed

in paragraph 33? If you do not agree, what alternative subsidiary

designations would you suggest?

 

My answer to Q7: Western medical professionals (point ii), i.e. MDs

should not be allowed to use the name acupuncturist unless they have

completed a minimum 3 year program in solely TCM.

 

Attilio

 

 

 

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