Report Title:

Acupuncture; Practice Redefined

Description:

Clarifies the practice of acupuncture with respect to treatment objectives and modalities.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2389

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to acupuncture.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 436E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "practice of acupuncture" to read as follows:

""Practice of acupuncture", also known as "acupuncture medicine" or "medical acupuncture" means [stimulation of] a method to treat and prevent ailments, relieve pain, and restore health by stimulating certain acupuncture [point or] points or locations on the human body for the purpose of controlling [and], regulating [the flow and balance of], and maintaining energy and physiological function in the body[.] based on traditional oriental medical concepts. The practice includes the techniques of piercing the skin [by inserting] with acupuncture needles and the use of other traditional oriental medical therapeutic means, including lifestyle and nutritional counseling, oriental herbal medicine, and point stimulation by the use of acupressure, a system of Chinese medical massage known as Tui Na, and electrical, mechanical, and thermal[, or traditional therapeutic means.] modalities."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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