Virginia House Bill 2487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Naturopaths; license required. Requires the Board of Medicine to license and regulate naturopaths. The bill defines a naturopath as an individual, other than a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry, who may diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases using a system of practice that is based on the natural healing capacity of individuals, using physiological, psychological, or physical methods, and who may also use natural medicines, prescriptions, legend drugs, foods, herbs, or other natural remedies, including light and air.

Naturopaths; Board of Medicine to license and regulate.

Del. Terry Kilgore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-08		House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2011-01-21		House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2011-01-21		House: Presented and ordered printed 11104046D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2901	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2914	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2956.12	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2956.15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3401	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2487
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2487+hil