Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 37 > Chapter 26 > Part 3 - Scope of Practice

• Board: means the alternative health care board established in 2-15-1730. See Montana Code 37-26-103
• Homeopathic preparations: means substances and drugs prepared according to the official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, which is the standard homeopathic text recognized by the United States food and drug administration. See Montana Code 37-26-103
• Minor surgery: means the use of:

  (i)operative, electrical, or other methods for the surgical repair and care incidental to superficial lacerations and abrasions, superficial lesions, and the removal of foreign bodies located in the superficial tissues; and

  (ii)antiseptics and local anesthetics in connection with the methods. See Montana Code 37-26-103

• Naturopathic childbirth attendance: means the specialty practice of natural childbirth by naturopathic physicians that includes the use of therapeutic substances, ophthalmic antibiotics, oxytocin (pitocin), and minor surgery, as set by board rules. See Montana Code 37-26-103
• Naturopathic physical applications: means the therapeutic use by naturopathic physicians of the actions or devices of electrical muscle stimulation, galvanic, diathermy, ultrasound, ultraviolet light, constitutional hydrotherapy, and naturopathic manipulative therapy. See Montana Code 37-26-103
• Naturopathic physician: means a person authorized and licensed to practice naturopathic health care under this chapter. See Montana Code 37-26-103
• naturopathy: means a system of primary health care practiced by naturopathic physicians for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human health conditions, injury, and disease. See Montana Code 37-26-103
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201