Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
None.
The Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners protects and enhances the public's
health, safety, and welfare by establishing and maintaining standards of excellence
used in regulating the practice of acupuncture and ensuring quality health care for
the citizens of Texas through licensure, discipline, and education. In 1993, the
73rd Texas Legislature amended the Medical Practice Act to create a Texas State
Board of Acupuncture Examiners. The legislators found that the
The Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners consists of nine members appointed by the governor for six-year staggered terms not requiring senate confirmation. The presiding officer of the board is also appointed by the governor. The board consists of the following: four acupuncturists with at least five years in the practice of acupuncture in Texas and are not licensed in this state as physicians; two physicians who are licensed in Texas and are experienced in the practice of acupuncture; three members of the public who are not licensed or trained in a health care profession.
(Sources include: the
The Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners protects and enhances the public's health, safety, and welfare by establishing and maintaining standards of excellence used in regulating the practice of acupuncture and ensuring quality health care for the citizens of Texas through licensure, discipline, and education. The Texas Medical Board is responsible for final approval of the issuance of licenses, disciplinary actions, and the promulgation of rules. Minutes of the State Board of Acupuncture Examiners, 1994-1998, 2004-2007, document the work accomplished by the board at its meetings.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
These records are arranged by the creating agency in chronological order.
(Identify the item), Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners minutes. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Minutes from Agency minutes project processed by Tony Black, August 1998
New accessions added by Tony Black, June 1999, May 2008
Finding aid encoded by Tony Black in EAD Version 2002, May 2008
One new accession added and editing of description by Rebecca Romanchuk, March 2012
Accession numbers: 1998/112, 1999/179, 2008/142, 2011/202
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners on May 19, 1998; and June 30, 1999; by the Texas Medical Board on May 27, 2008; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on February 17, 2011.
The record copies of minutes of the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners are maintained by the Texas Medical Board.