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Mission Critical: Acupuncture Bill Summer 2025
Hello Acupuncture Community June, July, and Aug 2025 will be key months for FSOMA fundraising and for members to meet with their local legislators. Keeping the Acupuncture...
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Teaching Patients Climate Resilience, from My Green Doctor
New research shows that healthcare professionals have a unique opportunity to teach their patients about individual and community climate resilience. My Green Doctor’s lat...
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Global Premature Deaths Linked to Ultraprocessed Food?
Here’s an article about what “Food Like Substances” * are doing to the world’s health. A global analysis found that consumption of ultraprocessed fo...
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FSOMA Executive Director speaks at DRCOM Graduation
Here is the text of FSOMA Exeutive Director’s speech at the 4/19/25 Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine graduatoin. Welcoming You to the Profession — and the FS...
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The MOBILE Act in Florida Eases Licensing for Transfers from Other States
The MOBILE Act in Florida was effective on July 1, 2024. This legislation, Senate Bill 1600, created a universal process for licensure by endorsement for health care profes...
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More Than Skin Deep: Dragon Rises College Becomes the 1st Acupuncture School in the Region to Offer Student Cadaver Lab
SARASOTA, FL— On the Bradenton campus of Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine (DRCOM) students now have access to the area’s first student acupuncture cadaver lab. Th...
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Membership Committee Update April 2025
The Membership Committee it excited to announce that students will be able to register to attend a student lunch provided by FSOMA at the conference. Look for information ...
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Legislative Committee Update – April 2025
Florida Acupuncture bill HB 803 was reported favorable and the House Health and Human Services Committee yesterday with the vote 22-0. This was another positive step for u...
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Bylaws Committee Update – March 2025
The Committee met and continued the discussion regarding FSOMA policies for the conference and other meetings. New business included correct parliamentary and grammatical...
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FSOMA is in our second year of attempting to get the update to Chapter 457
FSOMA is in its second year of attempting to get the update to Chapter 457 (the statute governing us) passed. This is not a “one and done project”, but a [&hell...
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Letter from FSOMA to the ASA Regarding Dry Needling
To: American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) Subject: FSOMA’s Response in Support of ILSA’s Position on ASA’s Proposed Dry Needling Task Force/Trigger Point Acupunct...
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Acupuncture Bill Moves Forward
Update as of 4/16/25 Florida Acupuncture bill HB 803 was reported favorable and the House Health and Human Services Committee yesterday with the vote 22-0. This was another...
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FSOMA Ending CEBroker Professional Account Benefit
Dear FSOMA Members, Sadly we can no longer offer the discounted professional CEBroker account to you. The cost has risen and the program was changed so that we could no [&...
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Are You Prepared for the Upcoming Biomedical Waste Inspection?
Dear Fellow Acupuncturists, I hope this email finds you well. As part of ongoing efforts to ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations, we want to remind y...
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2025 Lynn Thames Leadership Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to FSOMA’s 2025 Lynn Thames Leadership Scholarship winners! Ellen Teeter, AP presenting to DRCOM Student Briana Egger Steven Li from FCIM accepting f...
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The “Surprise Act”
The “Surprise Act” is a new Federal consumer protection law that protects patients from costly out-of-network billing charges related to emergency and urgent care treatment...
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5W’s of Working with Veterans
Have you ever wanted to work with Veterans or First Responders? This article offers a “glimpse” of what is possible within the scope of our practice, providing practical, s...
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Florida Statutes
Florida Statutes You will be connected to the Florida Legislature website, which is the official custodian of the statutes. Chapter 457: Acupuncture http://www.leg.state.fl...
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