No. SB 542
Filed under Healthcare.
Naturopathy; Citing this act as the "Florida Naturopathy Sunrise Act"; creating the Board of Naturopathy within the Department of Health; providing licensure requirements for naturopaths; providing titles and abbreviations licensed naturopaths may use and are prohibited from using; specifying acts that are outside the scope of practice of naturopaths, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDA new seven-member Board of Naturopathy is created inside the Department of Health, made up of four naturopaths, one physician, one chiropractic physician, and one pharmacist, appointed by the Governor.
To become licensed, an applicant must be at least 21, carry professional liability insurance, hold first aid and CPR certification, and pass one of three named naturopathic board exams or certifications.
Licensed naturopaths may prescribe and dispense non-legend nutritional products such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and herbal substances, but they are barred from prescribing any legend or controlled drug at all.
Naturopaths are also barred from surgery, injections, acupuncture, and emergency medicine, and may not call themselves a "naturopathic physician" or "naturopathic medical doctor" under the new titling rules.
AIA new seven-member Board of Naturopathy is created inside the Department of Health to license and regulate the profession, with four naturopath seats plus one physician, one chiropractic physician, and one pharmacist, all appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
AIAnyone seeking a naturopath license must apply to the department, pass a background check, be at least 21, carry professional liability insurance, hold first aid and CPR certification, and pass one of three named naturopathic certification exams.
AINaturopaths are not authorized to perform surgery, injections, acupuncture, emergency medicine, or endoscopies, and may not practice or claim to practice medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, chiropractic medicine, or physical therapy.
AILicensed naturopaths may not prescribe, dispense, or administer any legend drug or controlled substance, including common categories like antibiotics, vaccinations, hormone therapies, and anything on Schedules I through V of chapter 893.
AINaturopaths may prescribe, dispense, and administer a long list of non-legend nutritional products, including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, probiotics, and herbal or botanical substances not containing CBD or THC.
AILicensed naturopaths may call themselves "naturopath," "traditional naturopath," "naturopathic practitioner," "licensed naturopath," "L.N.," or "N.D.", but the titles "naturopathic medical doctor" and "naturopathic physician" are off-limits to them.
AIThe $1,000 statutory ceiling on the biennial license renewal fee is deleted and not replaced with a new cap, so the department's discretion over what it charges to renew a naturopath license is no longer numerically limited in this section.