Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 273 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN NATUROPATHY › Title 273 CMR 2.00 - Purpose, Definitions and Severability › Section 2.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Acupuncture
has the same meaning found
				at M.G.L. c. 112, § 148.
Approved Naturopathic Medical College
means a college or program granting the degree of doctor of naturopathic
				medicine or doctor of naturopathy that is approved by the Board and which is
				accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department
				of Education or such other college or program as may be approved by the Board;
				provided, however, that the naturopathic doctoral program shall be further
				accredited by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or its
				successor.
Board
means the board of registration
				in naturopathy, established in M.G.L. c. 13, § 109.
Commissioner
means the Commissioner of
				the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, or his or her designee.
CNME
means Council on Naturopathic
				Medical Education.
Homeopathic Preparations
means
				medicines prepared according to the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United
				States.
Hydrotherapy
means external and
				internal applications of hot and cold water, ice, and steam for therapeutic
				purposes including, but not limited to, hot or cold compresses, hydrocollator
				packs, hot or cold baths or showers involving the full body or specific body
				parts.
License
means a license issued by the
				Board, pursuant to 273 CMR 3.00.
Licensee
means a person licensed by
				the Board.
Naturopathic Doctor
means a person who
				is licensed by the Board to practice naturopathic health care, pursuant to 273
				CMR.
Naturopathic Health Care
means a
				system of health care practices for the prevention, evaluation and treatment of
				illnesses, injuries and conditions of the human body through the use of
				education, nutrition, natural medicines and therapies and other modalities
				which are designed to support, stimulate or supplement the human body's own
				natural self-healing processes.
Naturopathic Manipulative Therapy
means manually-administered mechanical treatment of body structures or tissues
				in accordance with naturopathic principles to restore the normal physiological
				function of the human body.
Naturopathic Physical Medicine
means
				the therapeutic use of the physical agents of air, water, heat, cold, sound,
				light and physical modalities including, but not limited to, electrotherapy,
				diathermy, ultraviolet light, hydrotherapy, naturopathic manipulative therapy,
				and therapeutic exercise.
NPLEX
means the Naturopathic
				Physicians Licensing Examinations.
NABNE
means the North American Board
				of Naturopathic Examiners.
Nutrition
means the prevention and
				treatment of disease or other human conditions through the use of diet.
Person
means an individual; provided,
				however, that "person" shall not include a partnership, corporation,
				association or business organization.
Supervision
means a naturopathic
				doctor's supervision of, and physical presence in the treatment facility
				during, a naturopathic student's performance of procedures authorized under 273
				CMR 3.02(1)(c).