Licensing and Regulation
Dr. Finley holds a license in the State of Nevada as an Oriental Medicine Doctor (OMD). Since Nevada does not, as of yet, regulate and license Naturopathic Medicine, Dr. Finley holds her license as a Naturopathic Doctor in the State of California.
Currently, 15 states, the District of Columbia, and the US territories of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands have licensing laws for naturopathic doctors. In these states, naturopathic doctors are required to graduate from a four-year, residential naturopathic medical school and pass extensive postdoctoral board examination (NPLEX) in order to receive a license.
Licensed naturopathic physicians must fulfill state-mandated continuing education requirements annually, and will have a specific scope of practice defined by their state's law. The states that currently have licensing laws for naturopathic physicians are:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Maine
- Montana
- New Hampshire
- Oregon
- Utah
- Vermont
- Washington
- US Territories: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Licensing Authorities
Federation of Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Authorities
SW Capitol Highway #160
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 224-7744
President: Susan Roberts, ND wnhc@aol.com
http://www.fnpla.org/Master_Frameset.htm
Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examination Board (NPLEX)
(416) 498-4255×227
(503) 250-9141
President: Paul Sanders, PhD, ND
http://www.nabne.org/html/index2.aspx
P.O. Box 69657
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 250-9141
Executive Director: Christa Louise, MS, PhD christa@nabne.org
North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners (NABNE)
(360) 459-9082
President: Robin Moore, ND rmoorend@yahoo.com
http://www.nabne.org/html/index2.aspx
8948 SW Barbur Boulevard #157
Portland, OR 97219-4047
(503) 778-7990
Executive Director: Christa Louise, MS, PhD info@nabne.org
State of California Department of Consumer Affairs
Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
P.O. Box 980490, West Sacramento, CA 95798-6200
(916) 445-8692, (916) 322-1651 - fax
website: www.naturopathic.ca.gov
Nevada State Board of Oriental Medicine
9775 S. Maryland Pkwy., Ste. F-280
Las Vegas, NV 89123
Phone (702) 837-8921
Fax (702) 914-8921
http://oriental_medicine.state.nv.us/index.htm
NCCAOM
(National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine)
11 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
U.S.A.
To contact us by phone or fax:
Phone: 703-548-9004
Fax: 703-548-9079
E-mail: info@nccaom.org
http://www.nccaom.org/contact.htm
