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Bill Text

A3397 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3397 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Expands scope of practice for licensed 
acupuncturists.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning services provided by licensed 
acupuncturists and amending P.L.1983, c.7.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 6 of P.L.1983, 
c.7 (C.45:2C-6) is amended to read as follows:

���� 6.��� a.� A license issued 
pursuant to this act authorizes the holder thereof to engage in the practice of 
acupuncture and when used in connection therewith to perform or prescribe the 
use of tuina, shiatsu, and other forms of Oriental massage, surface stimulation 
of a certain point or combination of points on the body, breathing techniques 
and exercise to promote health.

���� b.��� The holder of a license 
may also utilize adjunctive therapies, which include, but are not limited to: 
Oriental dietary therapy; lifestyle and behavioral education; laser stimulation 
in accordance with relevant federal law; cupping; thermal methods; magnets; 
gua-sha; percutaneous and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; and, 
subject to the additional certification and filing requirements set forth in 
section 14 of P.L.2009, c.56 (C.45:2C-19), herbology.� Any adjunctive therapies 
utilized by the holder of a license shall be approved by the board.

���� c.���� A licensed 
acupuncturist shall also be authorized to perform the following diagnostic and 
analytical procedures: 

���� (1)�� the taking and 
ordering of x-rays; 

���� (2)�� the ordering, but not 
performing, of bioanalytical laboratory tests consistent with the practice of 
acupuncture; 

���� (3)�� the ordering or 
performing of reagent strip tests, including dipstick urinalysis, and hormone 
saliva tests consistent with the practice of acupuncture; 

���� (4) the ordering, but not 
performing, of other diagnostic or analytical tests consistent with the 
practice of acupuncture including, but not limited to, computerized axial 
tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, bone scan, and invasive 
electromyography; 

���� (5) the ordering or 
performing of other diagnostic or analytical tests consistent with the practice 
of acupuncture including, but not limited to, non-invasive muscle testing and 
tests using neurocalometer-type devices; and

���� (6)�� the ordering or 
performing of electrodiagnostic tests or other special examinations consistent 
with the practice of acupuncture. 

���� d.��� A licensed 
acupuncturist certified in expanded practice, as defined pursuant to subsection 
e. of this section, shall be considered certified in any or all of the 
following modules: basic injection therapy; injection therapy; intravenous 
therapy; or bioidentical hormone therapy. 

���� e.���� �Expanded practice� 
shall include, but not be limited to, the prescribing, administering, 
injecting, compounding and dispensing of the following products that facilitate 
health: 

���� (1) homeopathic medicine 
that is recognized in the official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United 
States; 

���� (2)�� sterile and 
bacteriostatic water; 

���� (3)�� saline solution; 

���� (4)�� alkalizing agents; 

���� (5)�� nutritional or 
dietary substances, including: 

���� (a)�� vitamins and 
minerals; 

���� (b)�� amino acids, enzymes, 
and proteins; and

���� (c)�� sugars; 

���� (6)�� ozone; 

���� (7)�� procaine; 

���� (8)�� lidocaine; 

���� (9)�� natural substances, 
including: 

���� (a)�� herbal and botanical 
extracts;

���� (b)�� biological products; 

���� (c)�� homeopathic 
substances; 

���� (d)�� blood products and 
live cell products; and 

���� (e)�� other nutritional 
supplements in the form of sterile substances into acupuncture points by means 
of hypodermic needles. 

���� f.���� A practitioner 
previously licensed to practice acupuncture pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1983, 
c.7 (C. 45:2C-9) shall be deemed as certified for purposes of injection 
therapy, intravenous therapy, and bioidentical hormone therapy if the 
individual has received a certification approved by the Acupuncture Examining 
Board or an equivalent certification approved and administered by the National 
Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. 

���� g.��� When compounding 
drugs for patients, a licensed acupuncturist certified for expanded practice 
and prescriptive authority shall comply with the compounding requirements for 
licensed health care professionals in the United States pharmacopeia and 
national formulary.

(cf: P.L.2009, c.56, s.6)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the tenth month next and shall apply to individual 
applying for licensure or for licensure renewal on or after that date, except 
that the Acupu