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In 1976, California became the 8th state to license acupuncturists. In 1978, referral requirements were eliminated. The board was abolished in 1980 and replaced with the Acupuncture Examining Committee within the Division of Allied Health Professions, having limited autonomous authority.
The approved acupuncture organisations have rigorous codes of practice and educational requirements and members are covered by the appropriate indemnity insurance. An estimated 7,500 practitioners practise acupuncture to some extent and belong to a relevant professional or regulatory body.
Acupuncture [b] is a form of alternative medicine [2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [4] [5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [6] and it has been characterized as quackery. [c]
Harriet Hall writes that there is a contrast between the circumstances of alternative medicine practitioners and disinterested scientists: in the case of acupuncture, for example, an acupuncturist would have "a great deal to lose" if acupuncture were rejected by research; but the disinterested skeptic would not lose anything if its effects were ...
Critics have accused California’s Proposition 47 – signed into law in 2014 – of deteriorating San Francisco, as it reclassified six minor felony offenses as misdemeanors in the state of ...
(The Center Square) – Nearly 30,000 state jobs will no longer have degree requirements in California after a decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The state has now removed college degrees or other ...
"Lowering drug prices is a focus area for both Republicans and Democrats, and Chinese CDMOs [manufacturers] such as Wuxi Group play a key role as it helps the US pharma cut costs by 30-60%.
The Medical Board of California (MBC) is a state government agency which licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons and certain allied healthcare professionals in California. The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints ...