Patient Notification of Qualifications
and Scope of Practice
East Asian medicine means a health care service using East Asian medicine diagnosis and treatment to promote health and treat organic or functional disorders.
- My qualifications include the following education and license information:
- Bastyr University, Masters of Science Degree in Acupuncture 1997
- Brenneke School of Massage Graduate 1996
- Bastyr University, Chinese Herbal Medicine Certification 1999
- The scope of practice for an East Asian medicine practitioner in the state of Washington includes the following:
- (a) Acupuncture, including the use of acupuncture needles or lancets to directly or indirectly stimulate acupuncture points and meridians;
- (b) Use of electrical, mechanical, or magnetic devices to stimulate acupuncture points and meridians;
- (c) Moxibustion;
- (d) Acupressure;
- (e) Cupping;
- (c) Moxibustion;
- (d) Acupressure;
- (e) Cupping;
- (f) Dermal friction technique;
- (g) Infra-red;
- (h) Sonopuncture;
- (i) Laserpuncture;
- (j) Point injection therapy (aquapuncture); and
- (k) Dietary advice and health education based on East Asian medical theory, including the recommendation and sale of herbs, vitamins, minerals, and dietary and nutritional supplements;
- (l) Breathing, relaxation, and East Asian exercise techniques;
- (m) Qi gong;
- (n) East Asian massage and Tui na, which is a method of East Asian bodywork, characterized by the kneading, pressing, rolling, shaking, and stretching of the body and does not include spinal manipulation; and
- (o) Superficial heat and cold therapies.
- Side effects may include, but are not limited to:
- (a) Pain following treatment;
- (b) Minor bruising;
- (c) Infection;
- (d) Needle sickness; and
- (e)Broken needle.
- The patient must inform the East Asian medicine practitioner if the patient has a severe bleeding disorder or pace maker prior to any treatment.
