In late 2006 a final draft of The “Guidelines for Safe Acupuncture Practice” document was produced . It was to be available to physiotherapists via the APA Acupuncture Study Group early in 2007. The process of approving these guidelines by the APA has gone to yet another level and it is currently uncertain as to when a document or one serving a similar purpose will be available to physiotherapists.
The minimum training requirements in the final draft of the guidelines was 2 days for dry needling and 8 days for traditional acupuncture.