311.674 Licensure as an acupuncturist -- Approval and denial of applications
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-- 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.