37-26-201. Powers and duties of board, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 26. NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS

Part 2. Alternative Health Care Board

Powers And Duties Of Board

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 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;

(4) adopt rules that set nonrefundable fees for application, and licensure;

(5) approve naturopathic medical colleges as defined in 37-26-103;

(6) issue certificates of specialty practice;

(7) 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; and

(8) adopt rules that contain the natural substance formulary list created by the alternative health care formulary committee provided for in 37-26-301.

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; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 467, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 502, L. 2007.