§ 61-12G-12 — Council duties

The council shall develop guidelines for the board to consider for rulemaking with regard to: A. regulating the licensure of naturopathic doctors and determining the hours of continuing education units required for maintaining licensure as a naturopathic doctor; B. prescribing the manner in which records of examinations and treatments shall be kept and maintained; C. establishing standards for professional responsibility and conduct; D. identifying disciplinary actions and circumstances that require disciplinary action; E. developing a means to provide information to all licensees in the state; F. providing for the investigation of complaints against licensees or persons holding themselves out as naturopathic doctors in the state; G. providing for the publication of information for the public about licensees and the practice of naturopathic medicine in the state; H. providing for an orderly process for reinstatement of a license; I. establishing criteria for advertising or promotional materials; J. establishing by rule, in accordance with the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act: (1) continuing education hours and content; (2) standards for the state jurisprudence examination; (3) schedules for providing licensing examinations and for the issuance of examination results; (4) procedures and standards for reviewing licensing examination scores; and (5) procedures for reviewing transcripts demonstrating completion of the approved naturopathic medical educational program; K. the requirements for issuance and renewal of licenses; and L. any other matter necessary to implement the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act.

Legislative History

Laws 2019, ch. 244, § 12.