Naturopathic doctors; licensure requirements for practice. (HB784)
Introduced By
Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City) with support from co-patron Sen. Phil Puckett (D-Tazewell)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Practice of naturopathy. Establishes licensure requirements for the practice of naturopathy. This bill establishes criteria for the practice 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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084663588 |
| 01/08/2008 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/14/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB784) |
| 01/24/2008 | Continued to 2009 in Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 12/04/2008 | Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions |
Comments
Golly, here we go again. 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.