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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-5F-01" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="5F" subtitle_name="Naturopathic Doctors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Approved naturopathic medical program” means a naturopathic medical education program:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In the United States that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Provides the degree of Doctor of Naturopathy or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Offers a 4–year graduate–level, full–time didactic and supervised clinical training;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is accredited, or has achieved candidacy status for accreditation, by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or an equivalent federally and Board–recognized accrediting body for naturopathic medical programs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Is part of an institution of higher education that is either accredited, or is a candidate for accreditation, by a regional or national institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a diploma–granting, degree–equivalent college or university in Canada that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Offers graduate–level, full–time didactic and supervised clinical training;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is accredited, or has achieved candidacy status for accreditation, by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or an equivalent federally and Board–recognized accrediting body for naturopathic medical programs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Has provincial approval for participation in government–funded student aid programs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Board” means the State Board of Physicians.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Committee” means the Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Council” means the Naturopathic Doctors Formulary Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Device” means a device used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Device” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any surgical or dental instrument;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any physical therapy equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any X–ray apparatus; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Any component part or accessory of any of the items listed in items (i) through (iii) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Emergency use epinephrine” means a portable, disposable drug delivery device or product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that contains a premeasured single dose of epinephrine that is used to treat anaphylaxis in an emergency situation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Formulary” means a list of drugs and devices developed and adopted in accordance with § 14–5F–04.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Licensed naturopathic doctor” means a naturopathic doctor who is licensed to practice naturopathic medicine.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Naturopathic doctor” means an individual who practices naturopathic medicine.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Naturopathic medicine” means the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human health conditions, injury, and disease using only patient education and naturopathic therapies and therapeutic substances recognized by the Council of Naturopathic Medical Education.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Naturopathic medicine” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Counseling;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The practice of the mechanical sciences of healing, including mechanotherapy, articular manipulation, corrective and orthopedic gymnastics, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, and phototherapy;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The practice of the material sciences of healing, including nutrition, phytotherapy, treatment by natural substances, and external applications; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Prescribing, dispensing, or administering nonprescription and prescription drugs and devices listed in the formulary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Naturopathic musculoskeletal mobilization” means the treatment by manual and other mechanical means of all body tissues exclusive of high–velocity thrusts at or beyond the end range of normal joint motion.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Nonprescription drug” means a drug that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May be sold without a prescription; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is labeled for use by a consumer in accordance with State and federal law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Prescription drug” means any drug defined in § 503(b) of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act if the drug’s label is required to bear the statement “Rx only”.</text>
  </level>
</section>
