British Acupuncture Council

About

With around 3,000 members the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) is the UK's largest self-regulatory body for practitioners of traditional acupuncture. The BAcC maintains high standards of education, ethics, discipline and practice. The BAcC's aim is to ensure health and safety of the public at all times. In February 2013 the organisation became one of the first to appear on the Accredited Voluntary Register run by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. For more information about the regulation of acupuncture in the UK and worldwide, see the article Regulation of acupuncture.

History

The BAcC was formed in June 1995 by the unification of five member acupuncture groups of its precursor body,the Council For Acupuncture (CFA 1980-1995).

The five original groups were:

The Chung San Acupuncture Society
The British Acupuncture Association
The Register of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The International Register of Oriental Medicine
The Traditional Acupuncture Society.

It was unanimously agreed by the CFA members that one body should represent and govern professionally qualified traditional acupuncturists in all aspects of their work. Since its inception the BAcC has sought to act as a voluntary self-regulator of its members.

The British Acupuncture Association and Register was founded in 1961 with the other four groups being founded between 1984 and 1986.The total membership number at the BAcC's inception in 1995 was approximately 1500 growing to 1757 by 1996,the first year of its existence.

References

Listing on Professional Standards Authority Accredited Voluntary Register

External links

The British Acupuncture Council Website - www.acupuncture.org.uk

Medical regulation in the United Kingdom

Professional bodies covered by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

Statutory regulators	General Chiropractic Council General Dental Council General Medical Council General Optical Council General Osteopathic Council Health and Care Professions Council Nursing and Midwifery Council Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland General Pharmaceutical Council

Voluntarily accredited associations	Alliance of Private Sector Practitioners (foot health) Association of Child Psychotherapists British Acupuncture Council British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers British Psychoanalytic Council Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland) Federation of Holistic Therapists National Counselling Society National Hypnotherapy Society Play Therapy UK UK Public Health Register United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

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