New scope of practice for East Asian Medical Providers !

Today our Governor signed SB 6280, updating the WA State acupuncturists' scope of practice for the first time in 24 years, soon we can call our selves East Asian Medical Providers (EAMP) and boast about how we do much more than just acupuncture to prevent, diagnose and treat disease with our multitude of modalities.

New definitions include: breathing, relaxation, and East Asian exercise techniques; Qi gong; health education; East Asian massage and Tui na; superficial heat and cold therapies; and recommendations and selling of herbs, vitamins, minerals, and dietary and nutritional supplements.


Thank you Washington State Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Association!  

Exciting News for WA State East Asian Medical Providers!

As of last night the Senate Passed SB6280 to further the scope of LAc's (Licensed Acupuncturists) to clearly include and represent what we do, East Asian Medicine.  This bill also introduces this term and allows Acupuncturists to now call them selves East Asian Medicine Providers (EAMP).  I hope that this brings further clarity to our state and beyond about what an East Asian Medical practitioner has to offer, as what we practice is a total system of medicine developed continually over thousands of years of history.