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New York State Bill
A01370 Summary:
BILL NO A01370
SAME AS Same as S 1930
SPONSOR Hoyt
COSPNSR Ortiz, Greene, Englebright, Cahill, Cymbrowitz, Bradley, Christensen,
Rivera N, McEneny, Espaillat, Destito, Lentol, Alfano, Alessi,
Benedetto, Powell, Gunther, Fields
MLTSPNSR Arroyo, Barra, Benjamin, Bing, Boyland, Boyle, Brennan, Butler,
Calhoun, Camara, Conte, Cook, Cusick, Diaz, Dinowitz, Eddington,
Farrell, Gordon, Hevesi, Jacobs, Koon, Lifton, Lupardo, Mayersohn,
Molinaro, Paulin, Peoples, Pretlow, Quinn, Ramos, Reilly, Rivera J,
Rivera P, Scarborough, Schimel, Stirpe, Titus, Towns, Weisenberg,
Wright, Zebrowski
Add Art 132-A SS6575 - 6584, Ed L; amd SS1203, 1207 & 1301, Lim Lil L; amd
SS121-1500 & 121-1502, Partn L; amd S413, Soc Serv L
Regulates the practice of naturopathic medicine; establishes a state board for
naturopathic medicine; establishes requirements to receive a limited permit in
naturopathic medicine; establishes mandatory continuing competency for
naturopaths; requires licensed naturopaths to report suspected child abuse.
BILL NUMBER:A1370
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, the limited liability
company law and the partnership law, in relation to the practice of
naturopathy; and to amend the social services law, in relation to the
reporting of child abuse
PURPOSE:
The bill relates to the licensing of naturopathic doctors.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
A new Article 132-A is added to the Education Law to establish naturo-
pathic doctors as licensed professionals in New York State.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, in New York State there are no regulations for naturopathy.
Anyone can call themselves a naturopathic doctor, even if they finished
a home study course in as little as six weeks. Licensing will offer the
public a way to find qualified naturopaths who perform this important
aspect of complementary and integrative medicine. Doctors of naturopathy
are trained to prescribe the right supplement and to ensure that danger-
ous combinations of natural and allopathic products are not taken
together. Clinical training of naturopaths stresses understanding the
interaction between conventional prescription medications and natural
therapies such as herbs and/or vitamin supplements to greater degrees
than any other profession.
Naturopaths use standard medical diagnostic techniques and treat disease
with natural medicines and therapies including clinical nutrition,
botanical medicine, homeopathy, lifestyle counseling, and naturopathic
physical medicine. Naturopathic doctors also have the training to
prescribe certain medications when they are indicated.
Naturopaths are currently licensed in Alaska, Arizona, California,
Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire,
Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington D.C., Washington State, as well as the
territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
To be licensed as a Naturopath and use one of the titles associated with
Naturopathy a person needs, among other requirements, to have received a
doctoral diploma from a registered school of Naturopathic Medicine and
have satisfactorily completed an approved clinical post-graduate resi-
dency training of an approved program with five years of clinical super-
vision of not less than 12 months in duration and pass a national exam-
ination.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
1/9/08 A.4966 referred to higher education
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None. All costs associated with the creation of this new profession
would be recovered through filing and registration fees.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law; provided however, that effective immediately,
the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner of
education and the board of regents on or before such effective date.
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