SB422: Practitioners of natural foods, etc.; exemptions to licensure requirements.

Chief Patron

Sen. Louise Lucas (D-18)

Louise Lucas (D-18)
Served: 1992–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

01/11/2006: Introduced

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Summary

Exceptions and exemptions to licensure requirements by health regulatory boards.  Exempts practitioners of natural foods, dietary supplements, healing therapies, homeopathic remedies and products, and natural therapies from licensure requirements of the Board of Medicine and other health regulatory boards of the Department of Health Professions. This bill also requires such practitioners to post in the interior premises of their facilities prominent signs disclosing that the practitioner does not have a medical education or other recognized health care training, and that he is not a licensed, certified, or registered health care provider by the Board of Medicine or any other health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions. The disclosure must also provide the practitioner's name and contact information, and the types of health care services he is authorized to provide. The practitioner must provide a copy of the disclosure to consumers, and before providing care for the first time, obtain written acknowledgment from the consumer that he has been so informed and has received a copy of the statement of disclosure.   View Full Text »