📝 License Requirements — Acupuncture (New York State)

✅ General Requirements

To qualify for licensure, you must:

- Be of good moral character

- Be at least 21 years of age

- Meet **education** and **examination** requirements

- Demonstrate English proficiency if you studied in a country where English is not the primary language and received credit for that coursework

💰 Fees

-The fee for licensure is $788.

-The fee for a limited permit is $70 (the limited permit fee is not refundable).

🎓 Education Requirements

1. College Education

2. Professional Acupuncture Education

An approved acupuncture program in NY or an equivalent program outside NY that includes:

acupuncture principles;

acupuncture channel and point theory;

acupuncture physiology;

acupuncture pathology;

acupuncture clinical examination and diagnosis;

acupuncture techniques;

acupuncture treatment principles; and

sterilization and precautions;

650 hours of supervised clinical acupuncture experience in general health problems to include acupuncture diagnosis; therapeutic treatment planning; acupuncture needling technique; moxibustion; electroacupuncture; pre- and post-treatment instruction; contraindications and precautions; treatment of emergencies; when to refer to appropriate health professionals; and acupuncture hygiene.

🧪 Examination Requirement

- Pass the NCCAOM's:

- Acupuncture with Point Location Exam

- Foundations of Oriental Medicine Exam

📚 English Proficiency

Required if your acupuncture education was completed in a non–English-speaking country:

Licensure examination must be taken in English OR

Submit TOEFL or equivalent exam scores accepted by the Education Department
Complete at least 3 college semester hours in English-based courses (e.g., humanities, English)

**Source:** [NYS Acupuncture License Requirements](https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/acupuncture/license-requirements)

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