Well I'm glad that you are in favor of naturopathy and averse to the inertia of our legal situation. I agree that it is absurd that it was legislated against back when. Unfortunately, that is the reason that the AMA came into being: to draw a distinct line between the doctors that they represent, and everyone else. Everyone else is supposed to be quacks. Unfortunately, the line is not exactly where they drew it, but it can take a long time to turn around a law that has stood for so many years.
The latest from Mae Beavers: We did not do the licensure bill this year. The only thing we did this year was to remove the part of the statute that made it a crime to prescribe herbs. Under the new law, you can prescribe herbs as long as the patient signs a statement acknowledging that you are not a physician. This will be done for three years and then we will see how things have gone. This is as good as we could do this year but it is a start.
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Re: restatement
Date: 2009-06-30 01:57 am (UTC)The latest from Mae Beavers: We did not do the licensure bill this year. The only thing we did this year was to remove the part of the statute that made it a crime to prescribe herbs. Under the new law, you can prescribe herbs as long as the patient signs a statement acknowledging that you are not a physician. This will be done for three years and then we will see how things have gone. This is as good as we could do this year but it is a start.