Registrant Membership
How to Join a BAF Member Organisation and become a BAF Registrant.
Registration to BAF is open to any Individual qualified acupuncture practitioner who is a member of a BAF registered organisation.
Each group has various criteria for joining and some organisations only allow members who have qualified from their own course to become a member of their organisation.
| Association | Membership Requirements |
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Acupuncture Association
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A Degree or Diploma from a BAF recognised Acupuncture College (see above for list).
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Association of Acupuncture Clinicians
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Any Degree Level/Lic. Ac. Qualification
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Association of Five-Element Acupuncture
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Any five-element practitioners who hold a Lic. Ac.
Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Practitioner of TCM and attend and pass the admission interview; and –
1. possess qualifications in one or more aspects of TCM to a standard acceptable to the Association.
OR
2. qualified in western medicine and TCM training to a standard acceptable to the Association. |
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British Academy Western Medical Acupuncture
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Only offered to qualified practitioners of the BAWMA course.
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Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Alliance |
A Degree or Diploma from a BAF recognised Acupuncture College (see above for list) or a proof of previous membership to the ATCM or an equivalent TCM association. |
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Chinese Medical Institute and Register
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A Degree or Diploma from a BAF recognised Acupuncture College (see above for list).
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Eastern Medicine Association |
A Degree or Diploma from a BAF recognised Acupuncture College (see above for list).
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Fu’s Subcutaneous Needling Association Europe |
Only Offered to Qualified Practitioners of the FSNAE course.
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Japanese Acupuncure Association
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Open to any Member with a Qualification in Japanese Acupuncture or Related Modality. |
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Microsystem Acupuncture Society
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Open to Qualified Practitioners of Auricular and Micro-systems Acupuncture. |