2005 Idaho Code - 54-5105 — PROHIBITIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 51
                    NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS LICENSING ACT
    54-5105.  PROHIBITIONS. A naturopathic physician shall not:
    (1)  Prescribe,  dispense or administer any controlled substance or device
identified under the controlled substance act, chapter 27, title 37, Idaho
Code, or identified in the federal controlled substance act, 21 U.S.C.
sections 801 through 971 (1988), as amended, except as authorized by this
chapter;
    (2)  Perform surgical procedures except those minor office procedures
authorized by this chapter;
    (3)  Practice or claim to practice as a medical doctor, osteopath,
dentist,  podiatrist, optometrist, psychologist, advanced practice
professional nurse, physician assistant, chiropractor, physical therapist,
acupuncturist, or any other health care professional not authorized in this
chapter unless licensed by the state of Idaho to do so;
    (4)  Use general or spinal anesthetics;
    (5)  Administer ionizing radioactive substances for therapeutic purposes;
    (6)  Perform surgical procedures using a laser device;
    (7)  Induce or perform an abortion;
    (8)  Perform surgical procedures involving the eye, ear, tendons, nerves,
veins or arteries extending beyond superficial tissue;
    (9)  Treat any lesion suspicious of malignancy or requiring surgical
removal. Lesions suspicious of malignancy or requiring surgical removal shall
be referred to an appropriately licensed health care professional. Nothing in
this chapter shall prohibit treatment of a person with suspicious or malignant
lesions in conjunction with a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title
54, Idaho Code.
    (10) Perform chiropractic adjustments as defined in section 54-704, Idaho
Code.
    (11) Perform physical therapy as defined in section 54-2203, Idaho Code.