“Dry needling” defined.

NRS 640B.037 “Dry needling” defined. “Dry needling”: 1. Means a skilled technique performed by an athletic trainer using a single-use, single-insertion, sterile filiform needle, which is used to penetrate the skin or underlying tissue to effect change in body conditions, pain, movement, impairment and disability. 2. Does not include: (a) The stimulation of an auricular point; (b) The stimulation of sinus points or other nonlocal points to treat underlying organs; (c) Needle retention; or (d) The teaching or application of acupuncture. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1587)