(a) This chapter constitutes the chapter on acupuncture of the Business and Professions Code. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Acupuncture Licensure Act. Whenever...

In its concern with the need to eliminate the fundamental causes of illness, not simply to remove symptoms, and with the need to treat the whole person, the Legislature intends to...

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Board means the Acupuncture Board. (b) Person means any individual, organization, or corporate body, except...

The Acupuncture Board, which consists of nine members, shall enforce and administer this chapter. This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2005, and, as of January 1, 2006, is...

Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Acupuncture Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the...

Three members of the board shall be acupuncturists with at least five years of experience in acupuncture and not licensed as physicians and surgeons, one member of the board shall be...

In the reduction of the membership of the board or a successor board or entity from 11 to 9 members, the following transition provisions shall apply: (a) Upon the first expiration,...

Each member of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years....

Each member of the board shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....

(a) The board shall administer this chapter. (b) The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of...

The board shall employ personnel necessary for the administration of this chapter; however, the board may appoint an executive officer who is exempt from the provisions of the Civil Service Act. ...

(a) The Legislature requests the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to conduct a comprehensive analysis consisting of...

The board shall conduct the following studies and reviews, and shall report its findings and recommendations to the department and the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions,...

(a) (1) It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by imprisonment in a county...

An acupuncturist's license authorizes the holder thereof: (a) To engage in the practice of acupuncture. (b) To perform or prescribe the use of oriental massage, acupressure,...

The board shall issue a license to practice acupuncture to any person who makes an application and meets the following requirements: (a) Is at least 18 years of age. (b) Furnishes...

(a) On or before January 1, 2004, the board shall establish standards for the approval of schools and colleges offering education and training in the practice of an...

(a) The board shall establish standards for the approval of tutorial programs for education and training in the practice of acupuncture, that satisfy the requirements of Section 4938....

In reviewing applications for licensure based upon the completion of a tutorial program in acupuncture, the board may provide that credit is granted for relevant prior training and experience...

(a) The board shall have the authority to investigate and evaluate each and every applicant applying for a license to practice acupuncture and to make the final determination of the...

(a) The committee shall establish standards for continuing education for acupuncturists. (b) The committee shall require each acupuncturist to complete 15 hours of continuing education...

(a) The board shall establish standards for continuing education for acupuncturists. (b) The board shall require each acupuncturist to complete 30 hours of continuing education every two...

(a) The board shall establish standards for continuing education for acupuncturists. (b) The board shall require each acupuncturist to complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years...

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the practice of acupuncture by a person licensed as a dentist or a podiatrist, within the scope of their respective licenses,...

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to make unlawful the activities of persons involved in research pursuant to Section 2075....

The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit an acupuncturist from another state or country, who is not a licensed acupuncturist in this state, who is the invited guest of...

The board may deny, suspend, or revoke, or impose probationary conditions upon, the license of any acupuncturist if he or she is guilty of unprofessional conduct. Unprofessional conduct...

The board may deny, suspend, revoke, or impose probationary conditions upon the license of any acupuncturist if he or she is guilty of committing a fraudulent act including, but not be...

The board may deny, suspend, revoke, or impose probationary conditions upon the license of any acupuncturist if he or she is guilty of committing any one of the following: (a)...

A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge which is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of an...

(a) The board may request the administrative law judge, under his or her proposed decision in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before the board, to direct any licensee found...

Disciplinary proceedings under this article shall be conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2...

The board in all cases of revocation shall certify the fact of the revocation, under the seal of the board, to the business licensing entity of the cities or counties in which the license...

(a) A person whose license or registration has been revoked, suspended, or surrendered, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of...

(a) Every person who is now or hereafter licensed to practice acupuncture in this state shall register, on forms prescribed by the Acupuncture Board, his or her place of practice, or, if he...

Whenever any person has engaged in an act or practice which constitutes an offense against this chapter, a superior court of a county on application of the board may issue an injunction...

The provisions of this article insofar as they are substantially the same as provisions relating to the same subject matter of any previous acupuncture licensure law shall be construed as...

(a) Licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the second year of a two-year term, if not renewed. (b) The board...

Except as provided in Section 4969, a license that has expired may be renewed at any time within three years after its expiration by filing of an application for renewal on a form provided by...

A person who fails to renew his or her license within three years after its expiration may not renew it, and it may not be restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter, but that person...

(a) A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but the renewal does not entitle the acupuncturist, while the license remains...

The amount of fees prescribed for licensed acupuncturists shall be those set forth in this section unless a lower fee is fixed by the board in accordance with Section 4972: (a) The...

The amount of fees prescribed for acupuncture tutorial programs shall be as follows: (a) The application and registration fee to supervise an acupuncture trainee is two hundred dollars ($200). ...

Fees fixed by the board shall be set forth in regulations duly adopted by the board....

A fee for the inspection or reinspection of a school or college of acupuncture for purposes of approval or continued approval shall be charged at an amount to recover the direct costs...

The board shall report to the State Controller at the beginning of each month for the month preceding the amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this chapter, and...

An acupuncture corporation is a corporation which is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation...

It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, or assist in or...

An acupuncture corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under Article 4 (commencing with Section 4955)....

The income of an acupuncture corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations...

Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of an acupuncture corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, shall...

The name of an acupuncture corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services shall contain words acupuncture or acupuncturist and wording...

The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including, but not limited to, regulations requiring (a) that the bylaws of...