Texas Acupuncture Continuing Education Requirements

ACE provides official Texas Board Approved Acupuncture CAE courses.
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Acupuncturist Renewal Cycle: 

December 1, 2020 – November 30, 2022

Texas Acupuncturist Requirements:  

Acupuncturists are required to complete 34 hours of continuing education every 24 months.
The required CAE hours shall include the following core hours:

• At least 8 hours shall be in general acupuncture therapies.    

• At least 2 of the required hours in ethics and safety.    

• At least 6 of the required hours shall be in herbology.    

• At least 4 hours of biomedicine.    

• No more than 4 hours that primarily relate to business practices or office administration.

Other Course Requirements:

•  No more than a total of 16 hours per year completed under NCCAOM or provided outside the United States

• At least 18 hours each year must be approved for credit by the Education Committee of the board, offered by approved providers, or approved for CAE for 3 years by another state  

The State of Texas accepts 16 CAEs of NCCAOM approved courses for acupuncture license renewal.  Courses below are approved by BOTH the Texas Acupuncture Board for CAEs, and the NCCAOM.

Additional Information about Texas Acupuncture CAE Requirements

Acupuncturists will need to complete at least 34 hours of continuing acupuncture education every 24 months. CAE hours should be counted from December 1, 2020 – November 30, 2022. The Approved Courses List gives four types of courses: General, Herbal, Ethics, Practice Management/General and Biomedicine as well as whether the course is offered as a live lecture, distance learning or the internet.

Per the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 183:

(1) The required hours shall be from courses that meet one of the following criteria at the time the hours are taken:

(A) are designated or otherwise approved for credit by the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners based on a review and recommendation of the course content by the Education Committee of the board as described in subsection (n) of this section;

(B) are offered by approved providers;

(C) have been approved for CAE credit for a minimum of three years by another state acupuncture board having first gone through a formal approval process;

(D) approved by the NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) for professional development activity credit; or    

(E) are provided outside of the United States by a provider of continuing acupuncture education that are acceptable to the Board.

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The required CAE hours shall include the following core hours:

• At least 8 hours shall be in general acupuncture therapies.    

• At least 2 of the required hours in ethics and safety.    

• At least 6 of the required hours shall be in herbology.    

• At least 4 hours of biomedicine.    

• No more than 4 hours that primarily relate to business practices or office administration.

Other Course Requirements:

•  No more than a total of 16 hours per year completed under NCCAOM or provided outside the United States

• At least 18 hours each year must be approved for credit by the Education Committee of the board, offered by approved providers, or approved for CAE for 3 years by another state  

 

Texas Administrative Code Chapter 183

Updated 1/22/2021