Today, TX acupuncturists take another 4 years of extensive and comprehensive masters’ level training at nationally accredited graduate schools after their undergraduate degree. They must pass 4 national board exams: Biomedicine, Foundations, Acupuncture, & Chinese Herbology. Some will continue on to pursue an advanced doctoral degree in integrative medicine and/or in specialties such as internal medicine, orthopedics, or oncology.
They are required to pass the clean needling technique (CNT) examination before internship and take 60 professional development activity (PDA) or continuing education (CEU) credits for recertification every four years after they are licensed. These courses must include ethics, safety, and western biomedicine.
