Evening star., 1929-06-10
912 APPLICATIONS
FOR HEALING ART
PERMITS ARE FILED
Commission Records 393 in
"DrugIess" Class, IncIud-
ing Chiropractors.
EXAMINING BOARD
WILL BE APPOINTED
Licenses May Not Be Issued for
Several Months-Doctors
Have to July "a.

Nine hundred and twelve applica-
tions for licenses to practice the heal
ing art in the District, as required un-
der the act to regulate the healing art
to protect the public health, have been
filed with the commission on licensure,
it was announced today at the District
Health Department. Three hundred
and ninety-three of the applications
have come from the so-called "druglest
healers," which include chiropractoIt
and naturopaths, while the remaining
SIG were filed by medical doctors.
The "deadline" FOR the filing of ap.
plications by the drugless healers ex.
pired May %, and all practitioners In
this group, who had not filed an appli'
cation by that date will be required to
undergo an examination to be given by
the basic science board. The medical
doctors have until July "a to file their
applications.
None Yet Passed On.
The licensure commission has not
passed upon any Of the applications
either from the drugless healers or the
medical doctors, and probably will not
do so for several months, it was indi-
Gated. The big problem now facing the
commission, which it will dispose Of
before reviewing the applications and
determining the qualifications of those
seeking a license, is the appointment
of board of examiners in naturopathy
and the writing Of definition Of this
science.
The board of examiners in nature.
pathy is the last of the boards created
by the act to regulate the practice Of
the healing art which has not been
appointed, and the personnel Is ex-
pected to be selected when the licensure
commission meets next Monday in the
office of Health Oficer william C.
! Fowler in the District Building. The
commission, however, probably will lay
| down definition for naturopathy be-
fore 1t names the examing board In
naturopathy.
Lack of Definition.
| The commission, it was said, has no
| definition to guide 1t in determining
what practitioners of the drugless heal
naturopathy group. Unless 1t has q
definition. it was said. the naturopaths
could invade the field of practice Of
| other drugless healing groups.
The commission will consider, in
| framing its definition of naturopathy,
| information tIl6 blSbIICb
| Unit of the American Naturopathic
Association. which defines naturopath
| as follows:
1.-THE science and practice Of natur-
| opathy shall mean the practice OF psy-
chologic, mechanical and material
| sciences, such as psychotherapy: the
mechanical sciences such as mechanic
theraphy, articular manipulation, elec-
trotherapy, chromotherapy, vibrothe-
| rapy, corrective and orthopedic gym
nastics, neurotherapy. conclusion and
| pneumatatherapy, phototherapy and
physical hydrotherapy, and the material
sciences, such as external applications"
| Session Is Postponed.
The commission was scheduled to
meet today, but the session was post
poned because of the inability Of three
| of its five members to attend. DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent Of
! schools, and Commissioner Proctor l..
Dougherty, two of the members, were
in conference with the Board of Com
missioners over the 1881 school es-
| Inmates, and third member. United
States Commissioner Of Education DR..
william j. Cooper. was out of the city.
The other two members are DR.. Fowler
and Leo A. Rover. United States at
torney for the District.