(1) The Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine may offer a program of continuing education in naturopathic medicine to meet the requirements of ORS § 685.102. The board may also approve a program to be presented by persons reasonably qualified to do so.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 685.106

  • Naturopathic medicine: means the discipline that includes physiotherapy, natural healing processes and minor surgery and has as its objective the maintaining of the body in, or of restoring it to, a state of normal health. See Oregon Statutes 685.010
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) Any person seeking approval of a program of continuing education in naturopathic medicine, to be offered to assist persons holding licenses under this chapter to comply with the requirements of ORS § 685.102 (1), shall submit to the board, at such time as the board may require, a copy of the program to be offered and proof of such other qualifications as the board may require. Approval granted to any program of continuing education shall be reviewed periodically and approval may be withdrawn from any program that fails to meet the requirements of the board.

(3) Any program of continuing education in naturopathic medicine offered or approved under this section shall consist of study covering new, review, experimental, research and specialty subjects in the field of naturopathic medicine. [1969 c.381 § 4; 1985 c.624 § 12; 2009 c.43 § 21; 2021 c.50 § 10]