(a)

1. (1) The practice of acupuncture and related techniques in Arkansas is a distinct system of primary health care with the goal of prevention, cure, or correction of any illness, injury, pain, or other disorder or condition by controlling and regulating the flow and balance of energy and functioning of the person to restore and maintain health.
2. (2) Acupuncture and related techniques include all of the allied traditional and modern diagnostic, treatment, and therapeutic methods of the Chinese/Asian healing arts.

(b) The scope of practice of acupuncturists shall include, but is not limited to:

1. (1) Evaluation and management services;
2. (2) Examination and diagnostic testing;
3. (3) The ordering of radiological, laboratory, or other diagnostic tests;

4. (4) The stimulation of points or areas of the body using:

   1. (A) Needles;
   2. (B) Moxibustion and other heating modalities;
   3. (C) Cold;
   4. (D) Light;
   5. (E) Lasers;
   6. (F) Sound;
   7. (G) Vibration;
   8. (H) Magnetism;
   9. (I) Electricity;
   10. (J) Cupping;
   11. (K) Bleeding;
   12. (L) Suction;
   13. (M) Pressure;
   14. (N) Ion pumping cords; or
   15. (O) Other devices or means;

5. (5) Physical medicine modalities and techniques, including:

   1. (A) Tuina;
   2. (B) Gua sha;
   3. (C) Shiatsu;
   4. (D) Anmo; and
   5. (E) Other massage incidental to acupuncture and related techniques;
6. (6) Therapeutic exercises, breathing techniques, meditation, and the use of biofeedback and other devices that utilize color, light, sound, electromagnetic energy, and other means therapeutically;
7. (7) Dietary and nutritional counseling and the administration of food, beverages, and dietary supplements therapeutically;
8. (8) The recommendation of any Chinese herbal medicine, Western herbal medicine, or substances such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, nutritional supplements, and glandulars lawfully and commercially available in the United States; and
9. (9) Counseling regarding physical, emotional, and spiritual lifestyle balance.

(c) Provided, however, the practice of acupuncture in Arkansas shall not involve:

1. (1) Manipulation, mobilization, or adjustment to the spine or extra-spinal articulations; or
2. (2) The prescribing, dispensing, injection, or administering of any substance or legend drug as defined under Arkansas Code § 20-64-503.