For Practitioner membership: -being graduate of our DATC, or another diploma before 1999 -annual fee paid -social and fiscal fees declared -professional insurance paid -signed undertaking to abide by our code of ethics -use of equipment corresponding to European safety standards -undertaking to inform the FNMTC of any change in professional status
Legal situation in France
In France, only medical doctors can legally make diagnosis and use acupuncture, but there is a tolerance of TCM practitioners who are not MDs.
Insurance reimbursement
Some private insurance companies in the health field reimburse parts of TCM.