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HB405 • 2026

HEALTH: Provides relative to the practice of acupuncture

HEALTH: Provides relative to the practice of acupuncture

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Peter Egan
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 550
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide detailed information about the requirements or consequences of failing to meet the new rules.

Health Law for Acupuncture Practice

This law sets rules for acupuncturists to get a license and changes the name of their certification organization in Louisiana.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes how acupuncturists can become licensed in Louisiana.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Acupuncturists who want to practice in Louisiana

Terms To Know

Licensed acupuncturist
An acupuncturist who has met the state's requirements and can legally work.
National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
The organization that certifies acupuncturists across the country.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how many people will become licensed under these new rules.
  • Does not explain what happens if an acupuncturist does not meet the requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-29 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 550.

  3. 2026-05-26 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-25 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-25 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-25 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-21 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. 2026-05-14 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-13 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-04-01 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  12. 2026-03-31 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. 2026-03-31 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-03-30 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.

  15. 2026-03-26 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. 2026-03-25 H

    Reported favorably (9-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  18. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  19. 2026-02-25 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  20. 2026-02-25 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

HEALTH: Provides relative to the practice of acupuncture

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 5502026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 405
BY REPRESENTATIVE EGAN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1358, relative to the practice of acupuncture; to provide for
3 the licensure of acupuncturists; to provide for the name change of the national
4 certifying organization; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 37:1358 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §1358. Licensed acupuncturists
8 The board shall certify as a licensed acupuncturist an individual who meets
9 both of the following:
10 (1) Holds active status with the National Certification Commission for
11 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine National Certification Board for Acupuncture
12 and Herbal Medicine.
13 (2) Has successfully passed the certification examination, including the
14 Biomedicine portion of the examination, given by the National Certification
15 Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine National Certification Board
16 for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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