Dutch Doctors Acupuncture Association / Nederlandse Artsen Acupunctuur Vereniging (NAAV)

The NAAV is a 'community of practice' of acupuncture physicians. The NAAV is the point of contact for professional and social matters concerning the specialism of acupuncture by doctors.

The NAAV currently maintains a register of 140 physicians. This includes BIG-registered general practitioners, company doctors, medical specialists, dentists and medical doctors. They all hold a recognized acupuncture diploma and meet the NAAV re-registration requirements. A register member of the NAAV is a regular Western-trained doctor who has done an extra specialization in acupuncture.

The Regulations of the NAAV are in line with those of the KNMG (Royal Dutch Society for the Promotion of Medicine). The quality requirements set for register members of the NAAV are comparable to the requirements that other professional doctors' associations set for their members. The quality requirements of the NAAV were approved in 2009 by the CBO Quality Institute for Healthcare. All NAAV members adhere to the KNMG Code of Conduct for non-regular treatment methods.

A NAAV register member also meets all requirements as set out in the Wkkgz quality law.