(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Council on Naturopathic Medical Education” or “council” means the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or its successor organization; and

(2) “Licensed faculty members” means faculty members or instructors licensed in this or another jurisdiction in the area of practice in which they are providing clinical instruction.

(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of section 20-37, no license to practice naturopathic medicine is required of:

(1) Students enrolled in a college or program of naturopathic medicine if (A) the college or program is recognized by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or licensed or accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education, and (B) the practice that would otherwise require a license is pursuant to a course of instruction or assignments from an instructor and under the supervision of the instructor; or

(2) Licensed faculty members providing the didactic and clinical training necessary to meet the accreditation standards of the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education at a college or program recognized by the council or licensed or accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education.

(c) A college or program of naturopathic medicine approved pursuant to section 20-37 may include within its curriculum such didactic and clinical training as is necessary for such college or program to qualify for accreditation by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, including such training that is outside the scope of the practice of naturopathy, as defined in section 20-34. Students and licensed faculty members of such college or program may perform all procedures that are part of the curriculum of such college or program, provided such procedures are incidental to the course of study at such college or program and the student conducting such procedures is under the direct supervision of a faculty member who is licensed to perform such procedures in this state.

(P.A. 98-83, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-52; P.A. 07-166, S. 2; P.A. 08-116, S. 4; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 12-156, S. 53; P.A. 13-118, S. 20.)

History: P.A. 00-52 added new Subsec. (c) re curriculum training and procedures; P.A. 07-166 amended Subsec. (b)(1) and (2) to substitute “Board of Governors of Higher Education” for “Board of Governors for Higher Education”, effective June 19, 2007; P.A. 08-116 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective May 27, 2008; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-156 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to State Board of Education re accreditation, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-118 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “State Board of Education” with “Office of Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2013.