ETCMA - Komora Tradicní cínské medicíny (KTCM)

Members	50
Member categories	- Practitioner: member, who finished his/her basic medical training, training in TCM at an accredited school or passed an examination by the Accreditation Committee of CCTCM. He /she also completed at least 12 months practice confirmed by a CCTCM Practitioner. - Candidate: member, who finished his/her basic medical training, training in TCM at an accredited school or passed an examination by the Accreditation Committee of CCTCM, but has not yet finished his/her 12 months practice. - Student: member, who is undregoing TCM training at an accredited school - Honorary member: member, who has exceptional merit through promotion of TCM or CCTCM values - Supporters: member, who does not meet other requirements, but wants to support CCTCM values and activities
Membership fee	-Practitioners: 5000,- CZK / about 200,- Euro -Candidates: 2500,- CZK / about 100,- Euro -Students: 1250,- CZK / about 50,- Euro -Honorary members: free -Supporters: 1250,- CZK / about 50,- Euro
Basic training required	Two major schools accredited by CCTCM provide Number of hours TCM theory: 800 / 600 hours Number of hours western medicine: 100 / 136 hours Number of hours practical training: min 150 / 168 hours Number of hours clinical training: min 50 / 52 hours At the end of this training is required a final exam. United requirements for all new CCTCM members are being created at the moment.
Required continuing education	Rules are being created at the moment
Requirements for continuing membership	Rules are being created at the moment
Becoming a member	Each applicant has to fill an application, include copies of his/her education certificates and a statutory declaration about his / her practice. Each application is reviewed by the Accreditation Committee and then, if sufficient, approved by the board of CCTCM.

Legal situation in the Czech Republic

Diagnostics, cure and medication are, according to the Czech law, activities that can be conducted only by the doctor of medicine or by other legally allowed medical staff usually under doctor’s guidance. The title "Doctor of TCM" (or similar) is not known or provided by the Czech Law.

The Czech Law does not recognize the TCM herbal therapy. Herbs are provided under regime of special food supplements, must meet special conditions and be registered as a food product before being put to the market. Subscription of herbs is done by practitioners as a lifestyle advice or simply as a sale of products.

The acupuncture is provided by the Czech law (by the ministerial order published in 1981) that allows only graduated doctors of western medicine who are clinically attested (obligatory specialization for all the doctors of medicine willing to do the clinical practice) and then passed a special acupuncture courses, about 100 hours, held by the organization authorized by the ministry of health. The effect of acupuncture was not clinically proven according to the Czech law, so the acupuncture cannot replace the common western medical treatment.

Insurance reimbursement

Patients fund treatment privately. There is no reimbursement for TCM therapies at the moment.