This chapter may be cited as the Naturopathic Doctors Act....
The Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine is hereby created within the Department of Consumer Affairs....
The following definitions apply for the purposes of this chapter: (a) Bureau means the Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine within the Department of Consumer Affairs. (b)...
The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications...
The bureau shall enforce and administer the provisions of this chapter....
The bureau shall adopt regulations in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter....
(a) The bureau shall approve a naturopathic medical education program accredited by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or an equivalent federally recognized accrediting body...
(a) The bureau may grant a certificate of registration to practice naturopathic medicine to a person who does not hold a naturopathic doctor's license under this chapter and is offered...
(a) This chapter does not apply to a practitioner licensed as a naturopathic doctor in another state or country who meets both of the following requirements: (1) The practitioner is...
(a) The Director of Consumer Affairs shall establish an advisory council consisting of nine members. Members of the advisory council shall include three members who are...
The Director of Consumer Affairs may employ a bureau chief and other officers and employees as necessary to discharge the duties of the bureau....
(a) The bureau shall establish a naturopathic formulary advisory committee to determine a naturopathic formulary based upon a review of naturopathic medical education and training. (b)...
(a) The bureau shall establish a naturopathic childbirth attendance advisory committee to issue recommendations concerning the practice of naturopathic childbirth attendance based upon a...
An applicant for a license as a naturopathic doctor shall file with the bureau a written application on a form provided by the bureau, that shows, to the bureau's satisfaction, compliance...
An applicant for licensure shall pass the Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examination (NPLEX) or an equivalent approved by the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners. In the...
The bureau may grant a license to an applicant who is licensed and in good standing as a naturopathic doctor in another state, jurisdiction, or territory in the United States,...
The bureau may grant a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of Section 3630, but who graduated prior to 1986, pre-NPLEX, and passed a state naturopathic...
(a) A license issued under this chapter shall be subject to renewal biennially as prescribed by the bureau and shall expire unless renewed in that manner. The bureau may provide by...
(a) In addition to any other qualifications and requirements for licensure renewal, the bureau shall require the satisfactory completion of 60 hours of approved continuing education...
(a) Upon a written request, the bureau may grant inactive status to a naturopathic doctor who is in good standing and who meets the requirements of Section 462. (b) A person whose license is...
Only an individual may be licensed under this chapter....
(a) A naturopathic doctor may order and perform physical and laboratory examinations for diagnostic purposes, including, but not limited to, phlebotomy, clinical laboratory...
The bureau shall make recommendations to the Legislature not later than January 1, 2006, regarding the potential development of scope and supervision requirements of a naturopathic doctor...
Nothing in this chapter or any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit a naturopathic doctor from furnishing or ordering drugs when all of the following apply: (a) The drugs...
(i) For purposes of this section, drug order or order means an order for medication which is dispensed to or for an ultimate user, issued by a naturopathic doctor as an individual...
Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 3640.5 or any other provision of this chapter, a naturopathic doctor may independently prescribe epinephrine to treat anaphylaxis and natural and...
(a) A naturopathic doctor shall document his or her observations, diagnosis, and summary of treatment in the patient record. Patient records shall be maintained for a period of not less than...
A naturopathic doctor may not perform any of the following functions: (a) Prescribe, dispense, or administer a controlled substance or device identified in Sections 801 to 971, inclusive,...
This chapter may not be construed to authorize a naturopathic doctor to practice medicine, as defined under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000), except as specifically authorized...
(a) This chapter may not be construed to limit the practice of a person licensed, certified, or registered under any other provision of law relating to the healing arts when the person is engaged...
This chapter does not prevent or restrict the practice, services, or activities of any of the following: (a) A person licensed, certified, or otherwise recognized in this state by any other...
(a) This chapter permits, and does not restrict the use of, the following titles by persons who are educated and trained as any of the following: (1) Naturopath. (2)...
A naturopathic doctor may perform naturopathic childbirth attendance if he or she has completed additional training and has been granted a certificate of specialty practice by the bureau....
In order to be certified for the specialty practice of naturopathic childbirth attendance, a naturopathic doctor shall obtain a passing grade on the American College of Nurse...
A naturopathic doctor certified for the specialty practice of naturopathic childbirth attendance shall do both of the following:...
(a) A certificate of specialty practice in naturopathic childbirth attendance shall expire concurrently with the licensee's naturopathic doctor's license. (b) The certificate may be...
(a) Naturopathic childbirth attendance does not include the use or performance of any of the following: (1) Forceps delivery. (2) General or spinal anesthesia. (3) Cesarean...
In addition to Section 3640, a naturopathic doctor who holds a specialty certificate in naturopathic childbirth attendance may administer, order, or perform any of the following: (a)...
(a) A licensee holding a speciality certificate in naturopathic childbirth attendance shall disclose to each client, in writing, the following: (1) The qualifications and credentials of...
Except as provided in subdivision (h) of Section 3644, a person shall have a valid, unrevoked, or unsuspended license issued under this chapter to do any of the following: (a) To claim to be...
A naturopathic doctor who uses the term or designation Dr. shall further identify himself or herself as Naturopathic Doctor, Licensed Naturopathic Doctor, Doctor of Naturopathic...
It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a naturopathic doctor to violate, attempt to violate, assist in the violation of, or conspire to violate, any provision or term of this chapter...
The bureau may discipline a naturopathic doctor for unprofessional conduct. After a hearing conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with...
A person who violates Section 3660 or 3661 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment of...
A naturopathic corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, if the corporation and...
A naturopathic corporation shall not engage in any conduct that constitutes unprofessional conduct. In the conduct of its practice, the naturopathic corporation shall comply with...
The income of a naturopathic corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations...
Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a naturopathic corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer,...
The name of a naturopathic corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services, shall contain the words naturopathic or naturopathic doctor and,...
The bureau may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including, but not limited to, regulations requiring the following: (a) That the bylaws...
The bureau shall establish the amount of the fee assessed to conduct activities of the bureau, including the amount of fees for applicant licensure, licensure examination, licensure...
(a) All fees collected by the bureau shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the Naturopathic Doctor's Fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury. The money...
(a) The provisions of Article 8 (commencing with Section 3680) shall become operative on January 1, 2004, but the remaining provisions of this chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2004. It...