Nevada Revised Statutes 634.035 – Regulations establishing qualifications to perform dry needling
1. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing the qualifications a chiropractic physician must obtain before he or she is authorized to perform dry needling. The qualifications adopted by regulation pursuant to this section must include, without limitation, the successful completion of didactic education and training in dry needling.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 634.035
- physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
2. As used in this section, ‘dry needling’:
(a) Means an advanced needling skill or technique limited to the treatment of myofascial pain, using a single-use, single-insertion, sterile needle, without the use of heat, cold or any other added modality or medication, which is inserted into the skin or underlying tissue to stimulate a trigger point.
(b) Does not include:
(1) The stimulation of an auricular point;
(2) Utilization of a distal point or nonlocal point;
(3) Needle retention;
(4) Application of a retained electrical stimulation lead; or
(5) The teaching or application of other acupuncture theory.