Trigger point dry needling -- Experience required -- Registration.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Occupations and Professions
4. Physical Therapy Practice Act
5. Unlawful and Unprofessional Conduct
6. Trigger point dry needling -- Experience required -- Registration.

• (1) A physical therapist may practice trigger point dry needling if the physical therapist:
  • (a) has held a license to practice physical therapy under this chapter, and has actively practiced physical therapy, for two years;
  • (b) has successfully completed a course in trigger point dry needling that:
    • (i) is approved by the division; and
    • (ii) includes at least 300 total course hours, including at least:
      • (A) 54 hours of in-person instruction; and
      • (B) 250 supervised patient treatment sessions;
  • (c) files a certificate of completion of the course described in Subsection (1)(b) with the division;
  • (d) registers with the division as a trigger point dry needling practitioner; and
  • (e) meets any other requirement to practice trigger point dry needling established by the division.

• (2) The division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that establish:
  • (a) the criteria for approving a course described in Subsection (1)(b); and
  • (b) the requirements described in Subsection (1)(e).

• (3) The division may charge, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, a fee for the registration described in Subsection (1)(d).

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