Acupuncture

Acupuncture

Duties & Responsibilities: An acupuncturist is a complementary health practitioner who takes a holistic approach to the maintenance of health and the management of disease, with a focus on improving overall wellbeing. Acupuncturists correct imbalances in the body by inserting fine needles into acupuncture points, thus maintaining or restoring good health and wellbeing. The correct manipulation of qi can treat a range of emotional and physical conditions, such as:

e        Muscular-skeletal disorders;

e        Respiratory and circulatory disorders;

e        Gastrointestinal disorders;

e        Gynecological disorders;

e        Neurological and stress-related disorders;

e        The relief of pain and allergies.

Average Salary: $81,000

Educational: California does not recognize out-of-state licensing for practice in this state. The Acupuncture Board believes that, because it has no oversight authority of education and examination standards outside of California, it cannot ensure basic competency of those licensees to California consumers. Licensees from out-of-state may not practice in California until they have taken and passed the California exam and received their California license.