Senate Bill 1023 Signed Into Law – Acupuncture Licensure
on Friday, October 10, 2008Senate Bill 1023, our Licensure Bill, was signed into law by Governor Rendell on October 8, 2008. The Acupuncture Registration Act of 1986, is now the Acupuncture Licensure Act. Many thanks go out to the tireless efforts by our Government Liaison Ben Griffith, L.Ac., APA VP David Molony, L.OM., our legislative champions State Senator James Rhoades and State Representative Jim Wansacz, and everyone on the APA Executive Board.
There is now no longer any confusion as to whether or not we are Licensed. What does this mean for you? From now on, Licensees should use L.Ac. if you are an Acupuncturist (instead of R.Ac.), or L.OM. if you have the Oriental Medicine license (instead of R.OM.).
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