As you may know, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture practice have been regulated in Ontario since April 2013. Since then, the licensing governing body of this profession (CTCMPAO) has issued more than 2000 licenses. The introduced licenses are R.Ac (Registered Acupuncturist) and R.TCM.P (Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner). The majority of current practitioners have obtained their license via the Grandparenting procedure which is issuing license based on the past experience of practitioners. The deadline of applying for Grandparenting license (for eligible applicants) is Mar 31, 2014. After this deadline, you will only be able to obtain these licenses through studying the program and passing the board exams of CTCMPAO.
We have performed a study on a random sample of health practitioners in the GTA to compare the average annual income of practitioners who have either R.Ac or R.TCM.P license with the other practitioners without these licenses. Our goal was to provide a more clear vision for new students or current practitioners who are interested in learning Acupuncture and/or TCM.
1. R.Ac or R.TCM.P health practitioners who have received license since April 2013 (n=67).
* Practitioners with Certificate are able to apply Acupuncture needling as a modality mixed with their current practice; however they are not able to bill clients or insurance companies separately for Acupuncture or TCM services.
* Source: Estimation based on the number practitioners previously working with different private Acupuncture associations before April 2013.
This comparison shows that the number of Registered Acupuncturists has declined since April 2013 and therefore opens up the market for new practitioners to come into the field.
Note: The data of this research is solely based on the amount of average annual income of health practitioners directly or indirectly related to the license(s) of the practitioner. We have not considered other factors such as: location, the experience of the practitioner in the field, type of business (self-employed or hired by a clinic), age and gender. All the information is solely collected from the questionnaires filled out by these practitioners.
Hi, Hi , I am a homeopath in Ontario and interested in doing registered acupuncturist course in Ontario.
Is it a growing field now a days? What are the views of general public going to a acupuncturist. Please provide me the more information on income/ wages, scope job market of a Licensed acupuncturist.