PURPOSE: This rule specifies the title that shall be used by a licensed acupuncturist and requirements for maintaining current licensee information.

1. (1) Any person licensed as an acupuncturist shall use the abbreviations L.AC. or the licensure title Licensed Acupuncturist after the licensee’s name.
2. (2) All individuals licensed pursuant to this chapter shall ensure that the license bears the current legal name of that licensee.

3. (3) A licensee whose name has changed shall, within thirty (30) days of such change:

   1. (A) Notify the board in writing of the change and provide a copy of the appropriate document indicating the change; and
   2. (B) Destroy the license bearing the former name.
4. (4) A licensee whose address and/or telephone number has changed from that printed on the license shall inform the advisory committee, in writing, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the change.
5. (5) A licensed acupuncturist shall use only those educational credentials in association with the license that have been earned at an acceptable educational institution as defined in 20 CSR 2015-4.020 and that are related to acupuncture.

AUTHORITY: sections 324.481 and 324.487, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 15-1.020. Original rule filed July 24, 2001, effective Feb. 28, 2002. Amended: Filed Feb. 15, 2005, effective Aug. 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2015-1.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 27, 2008, effective Dec. 30, 2008.

*Original authority: 324.481, RSMo 1998, amended 1999; and 324.487, RSMo 1998, amended 1999. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION Division 2015—Acupuncturist Advisory Committee