Currently acupuncturists in NSW are bound by the guidelines in the Public Health (Skin Penetration) Regulation 2000[3] which is enforced at local council level.
In 2012 the CMBV became the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia, and in 2013 established an interim accreditation standard for the profession in partnership with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
In many provinces that are not subject to government regulation, employers will require candidates qualify for membership at the local chapter of the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada.
[10] To be licensed in Ontario, acupuncturists need to register with the college, pass a series of tests and demonstrate an experience-equivalent of having seen more than 2,000 patients over five years.
[12] Since 1955, the French advisory body Académie Nationale de Médecine (National Academy of Medicine) has accepted acupuncture as part of medical practice.
[14] Following the German acupuncture trials from 2006 to 2007, the Federal Joint Committee (an agency similar to the National Institutes of Health in the United States) passed a law which allows the reimbursement of acupuncture treatment by the public health insurance system for the following ailments: chronic lower back pain[15] and chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis.
[16] In Japan, acupuncture practitioners are licensed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare after passing an examination and graduating from a technical school or university.
[17] The state-owned Accident Compensation Corporation reimburses for acupuncture treatment by registered health care practitioners and some traditional/lay acupuncturists that belong to voluntary professional associations.
[18] In 2022, the Ceylon Association of Medical Acupuncturists (CAMA) was established as a self-regulatory body for the practice of Acupuncture and TCM in Sri Lanka.
In 1974, Professor Jayasuriya was granted a scholarship by the Government of Sri Lanka and the World Health Organization (WHO) to study acupuncture in the People's Republic of China.
On June 22, 2022, this self-regulatory body, known as the Ceylon Association of Medical Acupuncturists (CAMA), was initiated by Dr. Vimukthi Asahara, Dr. Adheesha D. Dayarathna, and Dr. Imesha Hemasinghe.
The approved acupuncture organisations have rigorous codes of practice and educational requirements and members are covered by the appropriate indemnity insurance.
[26] Acupuncturists in the United States are trained and licensed according to criteria set by three professional organizations, all founded in the early 1980s: Acupuncture regulation in the US began in the 1970s, prompted by an article by New York Times reporter James Reston.