Naturopaths are currently engaged in an intensive lobbying effort at the Capitol in order to gain recognition as medical practitioners and inclusion in Medicare. As a retired naturopath who was licensed in two states, I want to offer a primer to this political maneuver: Naturopaths are not who they say they are.
To be fair, naturopaths (NDs) are no longer obscure practitioners. NDs are currently licensed or registered in 18 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces, with legal scopes of practice that can overlap those of medical doctors. To get here, naturopaths have held a consistent campaign to promote their practices as competent, scientific, and trustworthy.
Naturopaths have been able to generate their own accrediting agency to endorse naturopathic programs. Their agency is now accredited by the U.S Department of Education after being sanctioned in by the DoED in 2001. It is important to know that the naturopathic curriculum is not accredited by the U.S. DoED. The DoED accredits the naturopathic agency that is run by naturopaths.
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