21 NCAC 01 .0104             DEFINITIONS

In addition to the definitions contained in G.S. 90-451, the following shall apply throughout this Chapter:

(1)           "Licensed Acupuncturist" or "Acupuncturist" is the title conveyed by the North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board pursuant to Article 30 of Chapter 90 of the North Carolina General Statutes. Licensed Acupuncturists or Acupuncturists may only refer to him or herself as a doctor in the state of North Carolina, if he or she has earned an educational degree of "doctor" or "doctorate" in accordance with G.S. 90-458.

(2)           "Acupuncture adjunctive therapies" include the adjunctive therapies listed in G.S. 90-451(3). It also includes stimulation to acupuncture points and channels by any of the following: cupping, thermal methods, magnets, and gwa-sha scraping techniques.

(3)           "Acupuncture diagnostic techniques" include the use of observation, listening, smelling, inquiring, palpation, pulse diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, hara diagnosis, physiognomy, five element correspondence, ryodoraku, akabani, and electro-acupuncture.

(4)           "Acupuncture needles" mean the same as in 21 CFR 880.5580, which is hereby incorporated by reference, including subsequent amendments and editions, and can be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2016-title21-vol8/pdf/CFR-2016-title21-vol8-sec880-5580.pdf at no cost. "Acupuncture needles" include solid filiform needles, intradermal, plum blossom, press tacks, and prismatic needles.

(5)           "Dietary guidelines" include nutritional counseling and the recommendation of food and supplemental substances.

(6)           "Electrical stimulation" includes the treatment or diagnosis of energetic imbalances using TENS, Piezo electrical stimulation, acuscope therapy, auricular therapy devices, percutaneous and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and Class IIIa, 5 milliwatt laser devices. All laser products shall meet the performance standards for light-emitting products as set forth in 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11, including subsequent amendments and editions, which can be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title21-vol8/pdf/CFR-2012-title21-vol8-part1040.pdf at no cost.

(7)           "Herbal medicine" includes tinctures, patent remedies, decoction, powders, diluted herbal remedies, freeze dried herbs, salves, poultices, medicated oils, and liniments.

(8)           "Massage and manual techniques" include acupressure, shiatsu, Tui-Na, qi healing, and medical qi gong.

(9)           "Therapeutic exercise" includes qi gong, Taoist self-cultivation exercises, dao yin, tai qi chuan, ba gua, and meditative exercises.

(10)         "Thermal methods" include moxibustion, hot and cold packs and infrared lamps. The use of infrared heat lamps shall be done in accordance with 21 CFR 890.5500, including subsequent amendments and editions, which can be found at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2017-title21-vol8/pdf/CFR-2017-title21-vol8-sec890-5500.pdf at no cost.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-451(3); 90-454;

Eff. July 1, 1995;

Readopted Eff. April 1, 2018.