Six Counterfeit Naturopaths Lose Licenses
Office of Educational Policy and Planning 225 WINTER STREET NE, SALEM, OREGON 97310-0301 PHONE (503) 378-3921 May 14, 1990 Kurt W. Donsbach 424 Calle Primera, Suite 102 San Ysidro, California 92073 Dear Mr. Donsbach: The Oregon Board of Naturopathic Examiners has asked this office, pursuant to our responsibility under ORS 348.885, to determine the authenticity of your 1960 Hollywood College doctoral diploma. After considerable investigation, we find that the diploma is not authentic. In addition to “17st day of June,” the diploma copy contains several very obvious internal inconsistencies in spacing, line, and calligraphy. It is not copied from an integral diploma. Instead it is, with a different name of recipient, a copy identical to one that has been determined by the Arizona Department of …
Continue Reading >Overview of Naturopathic Regulation
The legal status of naturopathy varies from state to state. In some states, the practice of naturopathy, though not regulated, is protected through court rulings or attorney general opinions. In most states, naturopathic physician status is unprotected or unclear. Two states, Florida and Nevada, have repealed regulation of this profession. Nevada ceased licensing naturopathic physicians in 1987 (in Nevada naturopathic physicians were required to be supervised by medical doctors). Although naturopathic licensing in Florida was discontinued in 1959, there are still laws and a board regulating those naturopaths still practicing. Florida allows naturopathic physicians licensed prior to program termination dates to continue to practice. In Tennessee and in South Carolina, the practice of naturopathy is illegal. Tennessee law, for example, provides that the practice of …
Continue Reading >
