Only health care and mental health licensees who meet the criteria for registration are eligible to take this training.  Please make sure you qualify before registering.  Both days of live instruction, required prework and outside classroom work will be required to complete the training.  The number of trainees in each training is limited, so please get your application in as soon as possible.

This training offers eligible health and mental health professionals working within their current scope of practice to become competent in the provision of the 5-Needle Protocol (5-NP) ear acupuncture or Acudetox.   Utah DOPL-licensed acupuncturists, physicians, chiropractors, naturopathic physicians, nurses, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, substance use disorder counselors, and clinical mental health counselors are eligible to provide the 5-NP ear acupuncture under Utah HB 0195-2022. Licensed physical therapists and licensed massage therapists do not qualify for the training or certificate process in Utah at this time.  Please note that students of any discipline who are not yet fully licensed and past licensees without a current, active, eligible healthcare license do not qualify to register for the training.  For more information see: https://www.utahacudetox.com/process-for-hcps

Through a grant from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, eligible Utah licensees will be reimbursed for $400 after completing all training requirements, obtaining an AAT certificate from POCA, and submitting the certificate to Utah DOPL and the trainers.

The upfront training cost will be $410 plus processing fees:

$360 for the training [NOTE:  You can pay via PayPal without having a PayPal account]

plus $50 for required membership at the AAT Trainee Level (https://pocacoop.com/join/aat-training/) in the People’s Organization of Community Acupuncture (POCA).

You must join POCA at the AAT Trainee Level before you can register for any training. Some prework and outside classroom work will be required. You must complete all the pre-work, classroom training, clinical practice, meetings, and homework to attain a certificate of training as an Auricular Acu-Technician (AAT) through POCA.

You are not officially registered for this course until you have paid the full price for the training.  You have 2 weeks after registration to submit payment for the course.  If you have not submitted payment within 2 weeks of registration, you may lose your spot in the course.  No refunds will be issued. If you can’t attend this training, we will give you credit for a future training. Looking forward to seeing you there!