The health department may, at its discretion, issue a license without examination to a doctor of acupuncture or doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine who has been licensed, certified, or formally legally recognized as an acupuncturist in any state or territory if the following conditions are met to its satisfaction:
(1) The applicant meets the requirements of practice in the state or territory in which the applicant is licensed, certified, or registered as an acupuncturist; and
(2) The requirements for practice in the state or territory in which the applicant is licensed, certified, or registered as an acupuncturist are at least as stringent as those of this state.
(3) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 62, § 2 and P.L. 2021, ch. 68, § 2.]