§ 43-17-02 — Persons exempt from the provisions of chapter

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following:
1. The domestic administration of family remedies.
2. Dentists practicing their profession when properly licensed.
3. Optometrists practicing their profession when properly licensed.
4. The practice of christian science or other religious tenets or religious rules or
ceremonies as a form of religious worship, devotion, or healing, if the person
administering, making use of, assisting in, or prescribing, such religious worship,
devotion, or healing does not prescribe or administer drugs or medicines and does not
perform surgical or physical operations, and if the person does not hold out to be a
physician or surgeon.
5. Commissioned medical officers of the armed forces of the United States, the United
States public health service, and medical officers of the veterans administration of the
United States, in the discharge of their official duties, and licensed physicians from
other states or territories if called in consultation with a person licensed to practice
medicine in this state.
6. Doctors of chiropractic duly licensed to practice in this state pursuant to the statutes
regulating such profession.
7. Podiatrists practicing their profession when properly licensed.
8. A nurse practicing the nurse's profession when properly licensed by the North Dakota
board of nursing.

9. A naturopath duly licensed to practice in this state pursuant to the statutes regulating
such profession.
10. An individual duly licensed to practice medical imaging or radiation therapy in this state
under chapter 43-62.
11. An acupuncturist duly licensed to practice in this state pursuant to the statutes
regulating such profession.