2005 Idaho Code - 54-5103 — LICENSE REQUIRED

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 51
                    NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS LICENSING ACT
    54-5103.  LICENSE REQUIRED. (1) No person shall hold himself or herself
out to others as a naturopathic physician or practice naturopathic medicine as
defined herein without first applying for and receiving a license. Persons who
are not licensed pursuant to this chapter may provide natural health care
services as defined herein pursuant to sections 54-5107 and 54-1804, Idaho
Code.
    (2)  A person holds himself or herself out to  others  as  a  naturopathic
physician  when the person adopts or uses any or all of the following
designations: "naturopathic  physician," "physician of naturopathic
medicine," "physician of natural medicine," "doctor of naturopathic medicine,"
or its abbreviation "N.M.D."
    (3)  The  titles  and  terms  in  subsection  (2) of this section identify
naturopathic physicians and  are  restricted  to  describing  and  identifying
licensed practitioners. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit or restrict
the right to use or employ the titles "doctor of naturopathy," "naturopathic
doctor," or the designation "N.D." by a person who has:
    (a)  Received a doctor of naturopathy degree from a school, college or
    institution that is licensed, or exempt from licensure as a religious
    school, college or institution, by the appropriate state educational
    licensing agency in which its principal operations or offices are located;
    (b)  Completed a doctoral level course of study that includes coursework
    and practical experience, which may include apprenticeship, of at least
    eight hundred (800) hours, upon completion of which a doctor of
    naturopathy degree is conferred;
    (c)  Practiced as a doctor of naturopathy for twenty (20) years prior to
    the effective date of this chapter;
    (d)  Practiced as a doctor of naturopathy for at least five (5) years and
    received a doctor of naturopathy degree prior to the effective date of
    this chapter; or
    (e)  Received a license pursuant to this chapter.
    (4)  No person who does not meet the criteria set forth in this section
may use the titles and terms contained in subsection (3) of this section.