(a)
(1) No person shall practice, attempt to practice, or claim to practice naturopathic medicine or naturopathy in this territory without first complying with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Only licensees under this chapter may use any or all of the following titles: “Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine” and the recognized abbreviation “N.D.”, “N.M.D.”, “Naturopath”, “Doctor of Naturopathy”, or “Naturopathic Physician”.
(b) Scope of practice.
(1) Naturopathic physicians licensed under this chapter shall be allowed to prescribe, administer, dispense, and use all medicines of mineral, animal, and botanical origin, controlled substances as specified by the Board, topical medicines, vitamins, enzymes, homeopathic preparations, natural hormones, hygiene, sanitary measures and immunizations, counseling, injections appropriate to naturopathic medicine, hypnotherapy, biofeedback, and nutrition and dietary therapies with all manner of administration.
(2) Naturopathic physicians licensed under this chapter shall be allowed to prescribe, administer, dispense, and use physical modalities, minor office procedures, barrier devices for contraception, naturopathic acupuncture, mechanotherapy and all forms of physiotherapy.
(3) Naturopathic physicians licensed under this chapter shall be allowed to requisition diagnostic procedures commonly used by physicians in general practice including physical and orificial examinations, electrocardiograms, diagnostic imaging techniques, phlebotomy, clinical laboratory tests and examinations, physiological function tests, and other diagnostic procedures that will provide more ample clinical information and contribute to accurate diagnosis.
(c) A naturopathic physician shall have the same authority and responsibilities as other licensed physicians regarding public health laws, reportable diseases and conditions, communicable disease control and prevention, recording of vital statistics, health and physical examinations to local boards of health, except that this authority is limited to activities consistent with the scope of practice authorized by this chapter.
(d) Prohibitions. Naturopathic physicians may not:
(1) Practice or claim to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, chiropractic or any other system or method of treatment not authorized in this chapter.
(2) Prescribe, dispense or administer controlled substances except those authorized by this chapter.
(3) Perform surgical procedures except those minor office procedures authorized by this chapter.
(e) Exemptions from licensure. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or to restrict any of the following:
(1) The practice of a profession by persons who are licensed, certified, or registered under other laws of this territory who are performing services within the authorized scope of the practice of that profession;
(2) The practice of naturopathic medicine by persons employed by the Government of the United States while such persons are engaged in the performance of duties prescribed by the laws and regulations of the United States;
(3) The practice of naturopathic medicine by students enrolled in an approved naturopathic medical college. The performance of services shall be pursuant to a course of instruction or assignments and under the supervision of an instructor, who shall be a naturopathic physician licensed in accordance with this chapter;
(4) The practice of naturopathic medicine by persons duly licensed to engage in the practice of naturopathic medicine in a state, territory, or the District of Columbia who are called into this territory for consultation with a naturopathic physician licensed under this chapter.