The PRTCM is an Irish based professional body. It aims to ensure Acupuncture and other TCM methods are safely available to the public. It works to both regulate and represent practitioners of TCM in Ireland and the UK. 

The PRTCM regulates the clinical practice of Acupuncture and TCM by ensuring all of its members meet its required standards and criteria. This means that all members of the PRTCM have:

• Undergone a high level of training and passed all of the requisite exams
• Practice only the Traditional treatment methods of TCM which have a soundly established foundation based upon extensive clinical trials over many centuries of use
• Are committed to complying with the PRTCM’s strict code of ethics and code of practice
• Are fully insured by professional indemnity and public liability insurance. This covers medical practice throughout Ireland, the UK and the surrounding Islands.

The PRTCM co-operates with government bodies to promote and regulate the profession. Currently Acupuncture and TCM are self-regulated medical options. Since 2007 the PRTCM has cooperated with other professional bodies in the Acupuncture TCM field. It was part of a steering group for Acupuncture and TCM, under the auspices of the Department of Health and Children with whom it has regular communication.

The PRTCM website

The PRTCM website provides members of the public with the information they require to select a fully qualified practitioner of TCM. This includes Acupuncture TCM and other TCM treatment options including Chinese Herbal Medicine and Medical Qigong.

It makes available to the public a regularly updated online ‘directory of practitioners’. This is a list of all of its full practising members, including their contact details and Clinic addresses. All our full members are fully trained, fully qualified and fully insured practitioners of TCM.

Founded in 1983, the PRTCM has been actively promoting and regulating Acupuncture and TCM since then.

Visit this link for other functions of the PRTCM