LHC - labs

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, " Teresa Hall "

<Teresa.bodywork4u@w...>

wrote:

>

> The way I read the report was that if we are already ordering labs

and

> using them then we may continue to do so,

 

 

can you direct us to that page. In the summary, it says:

 

" Authorize and define traditional Oriental diagnosis. The scope of

practice should include an explicit authorization to conduct

traditional Oriental diagnosis. Practitioners who are already licensed

and choose to perform biomedical tests in making any diagnosis

should be required to complete specific continuing education

requirements and take a supplemental examination. "

 

That means one option is to take specific CEUs (another would be to

incorporate it into the

DAOM for those who go that route). It does not mean that those who

already use lab tests

can just continue without further training, IMO. I don't think Misha's

course would qualify

as any such course would have to be certified for the specific purpose

of granting test

ordering privileges (which is illegal in OR, for an out of state

example) and be far more

comprehensive than just the information necessary to track progress in

hep C. The state

is certainly not going to get into parsing out that this person can

order these lab tests and

this person can order others. there will be a single comprehensive

curriculum that will be

developed by the schools, accreditors and associations to meet the LHC

mandate. The

one good thing from this report is that we will be given the

opportunity to police

ourselves.