State of Hawaii Sues UEWAM

The State of Hawaii, by its Office of Consumer Protection, filed suit today against the University of East-West Alternative Medicine (a Hawaii corporation). The suit alleges that the defendant violated various provisions of Hawaii's Unaccredited Degree Granting Institutions Law (Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 446E) and seeks injunctive relief, restitution, civil penalties and other equitable relief.

Anyone seeking to view an electronic version of the Complaint may email requests to [email protected].

Jeffrey E. Brunton
Staff Attorney
Office of Consumer Protection
State of Hawaii

 

'At dawg jes' keep on hun'n'! Gi' em, Brun'! Gi' em!

 

Re: http://www.bcpuniversity.org/

UEWAM seems to be the American Institute of Alternative Medicine, and the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) accredited the school. They “were” approved for financial aid with the U. S. Department of Education. Is ACCSCT legit/recognized? Their curriculum meets the educational requirements of the Ohio State Board of Proprietary School Registration, National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) certification examination requirements and the Accrediting Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) requirements. Can someone verify this? Do they offer distance education?

 

The ACCSCT directory of accredited schools lists the following:

• American Institute of Alternative Med.
  6685 Doubletree Avenue
  Columbus, OH 43229
  School Number: 070382
  Last Accreditation: 11/1/00
  Next Accreditation: 11/1/05
  Contact: Ms. Linda Fleming-Willis
  
  Licensed Massage Therapy
  Prof. Master's Level Acupuncture
  Tuina Massage

How is University of East-West Alternative Medicine in Hawaii related to American Institute of Alternative Medicine in Ohio?

 

The Ohio school's web-site is here: http://www.aiam.net/

 

Officials at AIAM have indicated that UEWAM has misappropriated their website contents.

 

That wasn't very nice of them. Is that a felony in Hawaii?

 

The sites are very similar. But http://www.aiam.net/ has a picture of a massage, whereas http://www.bcpuniversity.org/ has a picture of what appears to be marijuana????

 

Tuina massage? Sounds fuishy to me.

Seriously, Jeff, it's enormously gratifying to see this methodical destruction of crooks and scammers. So much of this stuff seems to take place along the interstices of adjoining cultures--where people aren't really familiar with the "other", it's easier to fake things.