Founded: 2003
Address: Via Oreste Regnoli, 10 – 00152 Roma, Italy
Tel:
Email: segreteriagenerale@ottoitalia.org
Web: ottoitalia.org
Tuina Qigong and Eastern Techniques Practitioners (OTTO)
Operatori Tuina, Qigong e Tecniche Orientali
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OTTO Association – Tuina, Qigong and Eastern Techniques Practitioners – was founded in 2003 and has been a member of ETCMA since 2017. We are a professional self-regulatory organization: our members are professional practitioners and teachers of Tuina and Qigong who accept a Code of Regulation and Behavior which establishes our ethical vision. A citizen’s desk is also available for any complaints from end users. In Italy Tuina and Qigong activities are classified as personal services for maintaining the condition of well-being and quality of life. These activities are not included into those reserved by law for health professions. OTTO gives its members the opportunity to request a Certification of Quality and Professional Qualification of the services provided, an opportunity that comes from being registered in the list of the MISE (Ministry of Economic Development) among the associations that issue the Certification in accordance with the mandate attributed to them by Law 4/2013. This Certification allows our members to make the difference in market with a high level of verified skills and helps to promote a correct perception of Tuina and Qigong among citizens. We adopt European-level standards in our self-regulation procedures to enhance Italian practitioners and teachers by recognizing their great wealth of experience and promoting the idea of skills as a precious resource to cultivate and make use for life, both professionally and personally.
In Italy Tuina and Qigong activities are classified as personal services for maintaining the condition of well-being and quality of life. These activities are not included into those reserved by law for health professions.
Yearly symposium, usually in February
Tuina professionals, Qigong teachers
Training required:
(curricula might include different proportion among subjects according to the school in which applicants have graduated.)
- For qigong teachers: 450 hours of qigong theory and practice (corresponding to 900 hours of self study), 250 hours of training total of 1600 hours. Compulsory admission exam (dissertation and practical demonstration) with the qigong committee of scientific board.
- For Tuina professionals: 450 hours of TCM (corresponding to 900 hours of self study) and 250 hours of clinical practice. total of 1600 hours. Tuina admission committee might require integration of training for missing hours or subjects. An admission exam is normally requested If the school at which the applicant has graduated is not known by the tuina committee (es. Schools abroad or new schools).
Required continuing professional development/education
30 hours/year
How to become a member
Curricula studiorum must be sent to the relative committee for admission (either tuina or qigong). The Committee evaluates curricula, might request integration of supplementary hours of study and/or subjects and might ask the applicant to pass an admission exam (that is always compulsory for qigong professionals).
Abiding by the present Italian law, all members that are not medical professionals have to subscribe a Code of conduct by which they limit themselves to the “non therapeutical” use of tuina and qigong (not addressing to diseases but to quality of life).
We ask moreover to accept our code of Conduct which includes principles of behaviour among colleagues and between practitioner and patient etc. and even some ‘cultural principles’ about the approach to Chinese medicine and to knowledge in general that we ask to share.
- About
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OTTO Association – Tuina, Qigong and Eastern Techniques Practitioners – was founded in 2003 and has been a member of ETCMA since 2017. We are a professional self-regulatory organization: our members are professional practitioners and teachers of Tuina and Qigong who accept a Code of Regulation and Behavior which establishes our ethical vision. A citizen’s desk is also available for any complaints from end users. In Italy Tuina and Qigong activities are classified as personal services for maintaining the condition of well-being and quality of life. These activities are not included into those reserved by law for health professions. OTTO gives its members the opportunity to request a Certification of Quality and Professional Qualification of the services provided, an opportunity that comes from being registered in the list of the MISE (Ministry of Economic Development) among the associations that issue the Certification in accordance with the mandate attributed to them by Law 4/2013. This Certification allows our members to make the difference in market with a high level of verified skills and helps to promote a correct perception of Tuina and Qigong among citizens. We adopt European-level standards in our self-regulation procedures to enhance Italian practitioners and teachers by recognizing their great wealth of experience and promoting the idea of skills as a precious resource to cultivate and make use for life, both professionally and personally.
- Legal Situation
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In Italy Tuina and Qigong activities are classified as personal services for maintaining the condition of well-being and quality of life. These activities are not included into those reserved by law for health professions.
- Recurring Events
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Yearly symposium, usually in February
- Member Categories
-
Tuina professionals, Qigong teachers
Training required:
(curricula might include different proportion among subjects according to the school in which applicants have graduated.)
- For qigong teachers: 450 hours of qigong theory and practice (corresponding to 900 hours of self study), 250 hours of training total of 1600 hours. Compulsory admission exam (dissertation and practical demonstration) with the qigong committee of scientific board.
- For Tuina professionals: 450 hours of TCM (corresponding to 900 hours of self study) and 250 hours of clinical practice. total of 1600 hours. Tuina admission committee might require integration of training for missing hours or subjects. An admission exam is normally requested If the school at which the applicant has graduated is not known by the tuina committee (es. Schools abroad or new schools).
Required continuing professional development/education
30 hours/year
How to become a member
Curricula studiorum must be sent to the relative committee for admission (either tuina or qigong). The Committee evaluates curricula, might request integration of supplementary hours of study and/or subjects and might ask the applicant to pass an admission exam (that is always compulsory for qigong professionals).
Abiding by the present Italian law, all members that are not medical professionals have to subscribe a Code of conduct by which they limit themselves to the “non therapeutical” use of tuina and qigong (not addressing to diseases but to quality of life).
We ask moreover to accept our code of Conduct which includes principles of behaviour among colleagues and between practitioner and patient etc. and even some ‘cultural principles’ about the approach to Chinese medicine and to knowledge in general that we ask to share.