Rhode Island Acupuncturist Arrested for Practicing without a License
In September 2019, the Rhode Island State Police arrested Tadeusz Sztykowsi—also known as “Dr. Tad”—for practicing acupuncture without a license [1]. Sztykowsi owns the Centers for Integrative Medicine and Healing in Providence, Rhode Island, which was incorporated in 1995 and assumed its current name in 2014. In 2015, the clinic Web site included the following statements about his background: Dr. Sztykowski was born in Poland in and started his medical studies in 1975. He graduated from Medical School in Gdansk in 1982. His postgraduate training took him to the Institute of Female Disorders in Gdansk where he completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology residency obtaining board certification in OB/GYN in 1987. During his postgraduate years he intensively trained in Emergency Medicine as well as completed his …
Continue Reading >Disciplinary Actions by the California Acupuncture Board
This information was downloaded from the Web site of the California Acupuncture Board on March 2, 2009. It summarizes actions from May 1996 through September 2008. About 80% of the actions resulted in revocation or surrender of the accused person’s license. Disclaimer The Acupuncture Board provides information regarding administrative disciplinary actions for immediate access and the convenience of interested persons. While the Board believes the information to be reliable, human or mechanical error remain a possibility, as does possible delay in the posting or updating of information. Therefore, the Board makes no guarantee as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, currency or correct sequencing of the information. Neither the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), the Acupuncture Board or any of the sources of information shall …
Continue Reading >California Acupuncture Board May Be Abolished
The Schwarzenegger administration and some Democratic legislators are moving to abolish the state board that regulates acupuncturists, saying that the board has been more concerned with promoting acupuncture than with protecting patient safety [1]. Next year, unless the state legislature renews it, the board will automatically expire and the California Department of Consumer Affairs would assume responsibility for its activities. The move to abolish is supported by a 2004 report by the Little Hoover Commission, an independent state panel that evaluates government matters for lawmakers. The report concluded that board’s public educational materials go “beyond the accepted research findings” by stating that acupuncture can treat migraines, sinusitis, the common cold, tonsillitis, asthma, inflammation of the eyes, addictions, myopia, duodenal ulcer and other gastrointestinal disorders, trigeminal …
Continue Reading >Acupuncture and the FDA
Regulatory Policies Acupuncture Needle Staus Changed (FDA Talk Paper, 4/1/96) Enforcement Actions Jupiter Electronic Acupressure Model 707 (1990) Warning letter to Helio Medical Supplies (2002) This page was posted on February 18, 2005.
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