‘Dry needling’:

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1.  Means a skilled technique performed by an athletic trainer using a single-use, single-insertion, sterile filiform needle, which is used to penetrate the skin or underlying tissue to effect change in body conditions, pain, movement, impairment and disability.

2.  Does not include:

(a) The stimulation of an auricular point;

(b) The stimulation of sinus points or other nonlocal points to treat underlying organs;

(c) Needle retention; or

(d) The teaching or application of acupuncture.