Patients will sometimes ask you 'what kind of acupuncture do you do?' It's still OK to practice both osteopathy and traditional acupuncture

Thanks everyone (acupuncturists) for your support - and reading my bogs last month.

You'll understand my reasons.  Seems that Osteopathic Council NZ have forced us to register for the Western Medical Acupuncture scope of practice.  But then, this was never really intended for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) trained people (just the dry-needling course trained people, who never used to use the word acupuncture a few years ago, but now do).

Patients will sometimes ask you 'what kind of acupuncture do you do?'
But I know at least one person who hasn't yet registered for the Western Medical Acupuncture scope of practice, and it's still legal to practice both osteopathy and acupuncture - but probably necessary to have 2 consent forms: and maybe two sets of notes: one for acupuncture, and one for osteopathy.

I might write again to Osteopathic Council NZ for clear guidelines about this.
We'll see.  I think it's only fair for them to tell us how we CAN practice TCM acupuncture, not just how we CAN"T practice it.

For more on this you can see:
http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/acupuncture/traditionalDry.html