(1) The minimum educational requirements for a license under the provisions of this chapter are:
- (a) At least two years’ satisfactory liberal arts and sciences study, or either, in a college or university accredited by either the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities or its successor, or a like regional association or in a college or university in Oregon approved for granting degrees by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission as evidenced by certificate or transcript of credits from the college or university; and
- (b) Graduation from an accredited naturopathic school or college.
(2)
- (a) The areas of study required of an applicant for a license to practice naturopathic medicine in this state include basic sciences, clinical sciences and any naturopathic subjects specified by the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine by rule.
- (b) The Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine may not include major surgery as a required area of study under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
[Amended by 1953 c.557 §4; 1969 c.381 §5; 1985 c.624 §5; 1989 c.575 §2; 1997 c.652 §42; 2003 c.154 §2; 2007 c.327 §1; 2009 c.43 §13; 2011 c.637 §287; 2013 c.1 §88; 2013 c.747 §175]