Credits clinical training program hours from an institute, school, or college approved by the board of education for purposes of acupuncture practitioner licensing.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 436E-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c), effective September 1, 2000, before any applicant shall be eligible for the examination, the applicant shall furnish satisfactory proof to the board that the applicant has completed a formal acupuncture program and has received a total of not less than two thousand, one hundred seventy-five hours of academic and clinical training consisting of an academic program of not less than one thousand, five hundred fifteen hours in the science of acupuncture (traditional oriental medicine) and a clinical training program of not less than six hundred sixty hours under the supervision of a licensed acupuncturist, which shall result in the award of a certificate or diploma at an institute, school, or college[, accredited or recognized as a candidate for accreditation by any acupuncture or oriental medicine accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education or at a foreign institute, school, or college with a formal program in the science of acupuncture licensed, approved, or accredited by the appropriate governmental authority or an agency recognized by a governmental authority in that jurisdiction and whose curriculum is approved by the board.] approved by the Hawaii board of education."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.