As a prerequisite for acudetox registration, practitioners are required to complete continuing auricular acupuncture education (CAAE).

 

Acudetox Specialists must complete at least 3 hours of continuing education in the licensing period before applying for the renewal. (i.e., 3 hours every 36 months).

 

Courses may be taught through live lecture, distance learning, or the Internet.

 

An acudetox specialist must report on the registration permit application if she or he has completed the required continuing education.

 

Documentation of continuing education courses shall be made available to the Board upon request but should not be submitted with the registration. Random audits will be made to assure compliance.

 

If you have any questions regarding continuing education requirements, please email the Registration Department.

The required 3 hours shall be from auricular acupuncture courses that meet at least one of the qualifications listed below:

  • 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  (see “List of Current Approved Courses” below under Continuing Acupuncture Education Resources),
  • Are offered by Approved Providers  (see “List of Current Approved Providers” below under Continuing Acupuncture Education Resources),
  • Are offered by a Acudetox Training Program approved by the Board,
  • Have been approved for CAAE credit for a minimum of 3 years by another state acupuncture board after having gone through a formal approval process,
  • Approved by the NCCAOM for professional development activity credit (see "NCCAOM Resources" below under Continuing Acupuncture Education Resources), OR
  • Provided outside the United States by a provider of continuing acupuncture education that are acceptable to the Board.

A licensee may request in writing an exemption* for the following reasons:

 

  • The licensee's catastrophic illness;
  • The licensee's military service of longer than one year's duration;

 

*Exemptions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and must be requested in writing at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of the license.  An exemption may not exceed one registration period, but may be renewed, subject to approval.

 

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The courses on the CAE Approved Courses are the only individually approved CAE courses at this time. Courses are approved by the Board for three years. These courses may or may not be related to auricular acupuncture.  For additional information about these courses, please contact the providers directly.
 

The CAE providers included on CAE Approved Provider Numbers list have been approved by the Board for a period of three years. All courses taken through these providers during their approval period can be used towards CAE requirements. These courses may or may not be related to auricular acupuncture.  For additional information about these courses, please contact the providers directly.

 

The NCCAOM Resources website will take you to the NCCAOM Professional Development Activity search.  These courses may or may not be related to auricular acupuncture.  For additional information about these courses, please contact the providers directly.

As part of its 2016-2017 review, the Sunset Advisory Commission adopted a non-statutory management action directing TMB to dedicate one page of its quarterly bulletin to three topics in continuing medical education that the Board considers relevant; at least one of the annual 12 continuing medical education topics must be related to tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease.

 

DISCLAIMER:   The information displayed here is provided as a courtesy. The TMB makes no guarantee to the quality of providers’ content, fulfillment of credit hours for license requirement purposes, or ensuring compliance with the terms of any board order or rules. 

 

For more continuing education opportunities and providers, please see the following links below:

No. You will need to provide these documents if you are selected in a random CME audit conducted after each registration period or if you receive a written request from Board staff to present these documents.