Advanced practitioners of homeopathy: Certification; qualifications; authorized services.

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1. The Board may grant a certificate as an advanced practitioner of homeopathy to a person who has completed an educational program:

(a) Consisting of not less than 400 hours of training, 200 hours of which are completed in this State under the supervision of a homeopathic physician or such other program as is deemed equivalent by the Board.

(b) Designed to prepare the person to:

(1) Perform designated acts of medical diagnosis;

(2) Prescribe therapeutic or corrective measures; and

(3) Prescribe substances used in homeopathic medicine.

2. An advanced practitioner of homeopathy may:

(a) Engage in selected medical diagnosis and treatment; and

(b) Prescribe substances which are contained in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States,

pursuant to a protocol approved by a supervising homeopathic physician. A protocol must not include, and an advanced practitioner of homeopathy shall not engage in, any diagnosis, treatment or other conduct which he or she is not qualified to perform.

3. As used in this section, "protocol" means a written agreement between a homeopathic physician and an advanced practitioner of homeopathy which sets forth matters including the:

(a) Patients which the advanced practitioner of homeopathy may serve;

(b) Specific substances used in homeopathic medicine which the advanced practitioner of homeopathy may prescribe; and

(c) Conditions under which the advanced practitioner of homeopathy must directly refer the patient to the homeopathic physician.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 2796; A 2013, 587)


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