37-26-201. Powers and duties of board. The board shall:
     (1) adopt rules necessary or proper to administer and enforce this chapter;
     (2) adopt rules that specify the scope of practice of naturopathic medicine stated in 37-26-301, that are consistent with the definition of naturopathic medicine provided in 37-26-103, and that are consistent with the education provided by approved naturopathic medical colleges;
     (3) adopt rules prescribing the time, place, content, and passing requirements of the licensure examination, which may be composed of part or all of the national naturopathic physicians licensing examination;
     (4) adopt rules that endorse equivalent licensure examinations of another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country and that may include licensure by reciprocity;
     (5) adopt rules that set nonrefundable fees, commensurate with costs, for application, examination, licensure, and other administrative services;
     (6) approve naturopathic medical colleges as defined in 37-26-103;
     (7) issue certificates of specialty practice;
     (8) adopt rules that, in the discretion of the board, appropriately restrict licenses to a limited scope of practice of naturopathic medicine, which may exclude the use of minor surgery allowed under 37-26-301;
     (9) adopt rules that contain the natural substance formulary list created by the alternative health care formulary committee provided for in 37-26-301; and
     (10) adopt rules to implement the provisions in 37-1-138.

     History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 306, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 314, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 429, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 481, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 271, L. 2003.