Section 634.3668 - Requirements to obtain certification to perform dry needling; renewal of certificate; chiropractor's assistant prohibited from performing dry needling1. A chiropractic physician who wishes to obtain certification to perform dry needling must submit to the Board an application in the form prescribed by the Board. The application must include, without limitation, proof that the applicant has completed at least 50 hours of didactic education and training in dry needling offered or certified by: (a) The Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, or its successor organization;(b) The American Chiropractic Association, or its successor organization;(c) The International Chiropractors Association, or its successor organization;(d) The American Medical Association, or its successor organization;(e) The American Osteopathic Association, or its successor organization;(f) The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, or its successor organization;(g) The State Board of Oriental Medicine; or(h) A school of chiropractic.2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a chiropractic physician who wishes to renew a certificate issued pursuant to this section must submit to the Board with each application to renew his or her license to practice chiropractic proof that he or she completed at least 4 hours of continuing education in dry needling during the immediately preceding biennium. A chiropractic physician is not required to complete such continuing education during the biennium in which the certificate is issued.3. A chiropractic physician may perform dry needling only if he or she is certified pursuant to this section. A chiropractic assistant shall not perform dry needling.Nev. Admin. Code § 634.3668
Added to NAC by Chiropractic Physicians' Bd. by R064-19, eff. 2-7-2020; A by R115-23A, eff. 2/9/2024