Acupuncture Practice Scope Expansion Proposed

Acupuncture Practice Scope Expansion Proposed - Healthcare Law Update - September 2025 - Brach Eichler
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9/1/2025

Assembly Bill No. 5948, introduced in the New Jersey State Assembly on July 24, 2025, proposes to expand the scope of practice for licensed acupuncturists in New Jersey and create a new certification for expanded practice. The Bill would permit acupuncturists to take and order X-Rays, order and perform reagent strip tests and hormone saliva tests, and order and perform electrodiagnosis tests. In addition, those licensees certified in expanded practice would be permitted to prescribe, administer, inject, compound, and dispense the following: homeopathic medicine, sterile and bacteriostatic water, saline solution, alkalizing agents, nutritional or dietary supplements, ozone, blood products and live cell products. To receive certification in expanded practice, an acupuncturist would be required to receive certification from the Acupuncture Examining Board or an equivalent certification by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

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