KRS 311.674: Licensure as an acupuncturist -- Approval and denial of applications

-- Renewal -- Reciprocity.

(1) To be licensed by the board as an acupuncturist, an applicant shall:

(a) Submit an application approved by the board, with all sections completed,

with the required fee;

(b) Be of good character and reputation, if in accordance with KRS Chapter

335B;

(c) Have achieved a passing score on the acupuncture examination

administered by the National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture

and Oriental Medicine; and

(d) Have graduated from a course of training of at least one thousand eight

hundred (1,800) hours, including three hundred (300) clinical hours, that

is approved by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and

Oriental Medicine.

All provisions of this subsection, including graduation from an approved course

of training as specified in paragraph (d) of this subsection, must be met by all

applicants before initial licensure as an acupuncturist may be granted.

(2) An acupuncturist who is legally authorized to practice acupuncture in another

state and who is presently in good standing in that other state may be licensed

by endorsement from the state of his or her credentialing if that state has

standards substantially equivalent to those of this Commonwealth.

(3) The board may request any reasonable information from the applicant and

from collateral sources that is necessary for the board to make an informed

decision. The applicant will execute any necessary waiver or release so that

the board may obtain necessary information from collateral sources. An

application will be considered completed when the applicant has fully answered

all sections of the approved application and the board has received all

necessary additional information from the applicant and collateral sources.

(4) An acupuncturist's license shall be renewed every two (2) years upon

fulfillment of the following requirements:

(a) The applicant has submitted a renewal application approved by the board

within the time specified, with all sections completed, with the required

fee; and

(b) The applicant is of good character and reputation.

(5) The board shall notify each applicant in writing of the action it takes on an

application within one hundred twenty (120) days following the board's receipt

of a completed application.

(6) Notwithstanding any of the requirements for licensure established in this

section, and after providing the applicant with reasonable notice of its intended

action and after providing a reasonable opportunity to be heard, the board may

deny licensure to an applicant without a prior evidentiary hearing upon a finding

that the applicant has violated any provision of this section or is otherwise unfit

to practice. If the board denies an application, it shall notify the applicant of the

grounds on which the denial is based. Orders denying a license may be

appealed pursuant to KRS 311.593.