Naturopathy; establishes licensure requirements for practice thereof. (HB1820)
Introduced By
Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Practice of naturopathy. Establishes licensure requirements for the practice of naturopathy. This bill establishes criteria for the practice of naturopathy, including educational requirements, examinations, scope of practice, requirements for the promulgation of regulations governing the profession, and an advisory board to the Board of Medicine. Amends § 54.1-2900, § 54.1-2901, § 54.1-2914, § 54.1-3401, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
- 01/12/2009 Committee
- 01/12/2009 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098156588
- 01/12/2009 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/2009 Impact statement from DPB (HB1820)
- 01/16/2009 Assigned HWI sub: Health
- 02/02/2009 Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
- 02/10/2009 Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Comments
Golly, here we go again. (Are there 2 bills - HB784 also addresses naturopathic licensure?)
Anyway, why are we spending taxpayer money...
1) to regulate and restrict natural healing practices that are perfectly safe (by setting up a regulatory board and blah, blah, blah),
2) to give special privileges to less than 10 people in the whole commonwealth,
3) to shut down traditional naturopathic businesses?
This was a bad idea last year, and every year it has been introduced. Go away.
This bill is extremely important. It will allow graduates of 4-year naturopathic medical schools to practice as primary-care physicians in Virginia.
When this bill passes, more NDs will consider practicing in Virginia, thus impacting the entire Commonwealth by increasing access to health care, particularly in rural communities.
It will also increase options for patients by allowing them to choose a primary-care doctor who utilizes natural medicine in addition to necessary pharmaceuticals, labs, and imaging.
The goal of this bill is to improve the ability of medically trained naturopathic physicians to practice as they are trained, not to restrict natural healing practices or shut down traditional naturopaths.