We learned recently that Stephanie Bland, L.Ac, a 2008 graduate of Yo San University, has been appointed by the Governor ofr Arkansas for service on the Arkansas State Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques.
Stephanie who is in practice in Benton, Arkansas joins the ranks of other YSU graduates who serve or have served their states that the profession through membership on the state level oversight board. Stephanie was chosen for service at least in part because of her expressed motivation to represent the interests of newly licensed acupuncturists and because of her knowledge of the California standards for the profession. The Arkansas Board regulations designate a particularly wide range in its “scope of practice” of licensed practitioners to include all the usual diagnostic and therapeutic services normally associated with acupuncturists, as well as others such as dietary, lifestyle, emotional and spiritual balance counseling, therapeutic exercise, breathing, biofeedback and other devices that involve color, light, sound and electromagnetic energy. Stephanie’s Yo San education has prepared her well for service on the Arkansas Acupuncture Board.