37-26-301. Practice of naturopathic health care. (1) Naturopathic physicians may practice naturopathic medicine as a limited practice of the healing arts as exempted in 37-3-103(1)(n), with the following restrictions. A naturopathic physician may not:
     (a) prescribe, dispense, or administer any legend drug as defined in 50-31-301 except for whole gland thyroid; homeopathic preparations; the natural therapeutic substances, drugs, and therapies described in subsection (2); and oxytocin (pitocin), provided that the naturopathic physician may administer but may not prescribe or dispense oxytocin (pitocin);
     (b) administer ionizing radioactive substances for therapeutic purposes;
     (c) perform surgical procedures except those minor surgery procedures authorized by this chapter; or
     (d) claim to practice any licensed health care profession or system of treatment other than naturopathic medicine unless holding a separate license in that profession.
     (2) Naturopathic physicians may prescribe and administer for preventive and therapeutic purposes the following natural therapeutic substances, drugs, and therapies:
     (a) food, food extracts, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, whole gland thyroid, botanical medicines, homeopathic preparations, and oxytocin (pitocin);
     (b) topical drugs, health care counseling, nutritional counseling and dietary therapy, naturopathic physical applications, therapeutic devices, and nonprescription drugs; and
     (c) barrier devices for contraception, naturopathic childbirth attendance, and minor surgery.
     (3) Naturopathic physicians may perform or order for diagnostic purposes a physical or orificial examination, ultrasound, phlebotomy, clinical laboratory test or examination, physiological function test, and any other noninvasive diagnostic procedure commonly used by physicians in general practice and as authorized by 37-26-201(2).
     (4) Except as provided by this subsection, it is unlawful for a naturopath to engage, directly or indirectly, in the dispensing of any drugs that a naturopath is authorized to prescribe by subsection (2). If the place where a naturopath maintains an office for the practice of naturopathy is more than 10 miles from a place of business that sells and dispenses the drugs a naturopath may prescribe under subsection (2), then, to the extent the drugs are not available within 10 miles of the naturopath's office, the naturopath may sell the drugs that are unavailable.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 306, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 314, L. 1993.