§ 5-37.2-8.1. License required.
(a) Unless licensed as a doctor of acupuncture or Chinese medicine under this chapter, or exempt from licensure under the provisions of this chapter, no person shall practice or hold himself or herself out as practicing, or engaging in the practice of, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, either for compensation or gratuitously.
(b) This chapter shall not be construed to make unlawful the activities of persons involved in research performed under the auspices of a federal- or state-regulated research institution.
History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 450, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 140, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 150, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 62, § 2, effective June 25, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 68, § 2, effective June 25, 2021.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-37.2 - The Practice of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Section 5-37.2-1. - Legislative declaration — Acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
Section 5-37.2-1.1. - Board of acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
Section 5-37.2-2. - Definitions.
Section 5-37.2-2.1 - — 5-37.2-6. [Repealed.]
Section 5-37.2-7. - Powers of department.
Section 5-37.2-8. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-37.2-8.1. - License required.
Section 5-37.2-9. - Special licensing.
Section 5-37.2-10. - Application for licenses — Fees.
Section 5-37.2-11. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-37.2-12. - Issuance of licenses to practice acupuncture.
Section 5-37.2-12.1. - Examination requirements and issuance of license.
Section 5-37.2-12.2. - Reciprocal licensing requirements.
Section 5-37.2-12.3. - Continuing education for acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
Section 5-37.2-12.4. - Licensure of previously licensed doctors of acupuncture.
Section 5-37.2-13. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-37.2-15. - Suspension, revocation, or refusal of license — Grounds.
Section 5-37.2-16. - Suspension, revocation, or refusal of license — Notice and hearing.
Section 5-37.2-17. - Applicability of chapter.
Section 5-37.2-18. - Reporting vital statistics.
Section 5-37.2-19. - Seminars not in accordance with department regulations prohibited — Penalty.
Section 5-37.2-20. - Practice without a license a misdemeanor.
Section 5-37.2-21. - Injunctive relief.
Section 5-37.2-22. - Physicians practicing acupuncture excepted.