As used in ORS 677.757 to 677.770:
(1)(a) “Acupuncture” means an Oriental health care practice used to promote health and to treat neurological, organic or functional disorders by the stimulation of specific points on the surface of the body by the insertion of needles. “Acupuncture” includes the treatment method of moxibustion, as well as the use of electrical, thermal, mechanical or magnetic devices, with or without needles, to stimulate acupuncture points and acupuncture meridians and to induce acupuncture anesthesia or analgesia.
(b) The practice of acupuncture also includes the following modalities as authorized by the Oregon Medical Board;
(A) Traditional and modern techniques of diagnosis and evaluation;
(B) Oriental massage, exercise and related therapeutic methods; and
(C) The use of Oriental pharmacopoeia, vitamins, minerals and dietary advice.
(2) “Oriental pharmacopoeia” means a list of herbs described in traditional Oriental texts commonly used in accredited schools of Oriental medicine if the texts are approved by the Oregon Medical Board. [1993 c.378 §1]
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