Legislation

The Alaska Association of Naturopathic Physicians is hard at work in Juneau updating our licensing law to include prescription writing authority and minor surgery.  Our sponsor on the Senate side is Senator Bettye Davis, also Chair of HES and an experienced legislator.  Senator Davis is on the forefront of numerous bills to improve the quality of health care for all Alaskans and we could not ask for a better sponsor for Senate Bill 107. 

 

On the House side, Representative David Guttenberg from Fairbanks has sponsored HB 363 for us.  He has been a long time ally of our profession to breakdown the barriers that keep us from being able to practice according to our training.  We are very lucky to have both of these seasoned lawmakers helping us through the maze of the legislative process.

 

Should we get through the Legislature, our success will depend on having Governor Sarah Palin sign our bills into law.  It is certainly not too soon to let Governor Palin know that there are well trained primary health care providers that live here in Alaska that could provide integrative health care to Alaskans if our licensing law was updated to reflect modern naturopathic education. 

 

Ninety days is not much time and the clock is ticking.  Get involved today.

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The good folks at TID health have generously offered to contribute 2% to our state association of gross sales from AKANP members.  If you have any questions about the progam, please contact TID Health at ShannonSinsheimerND@TIDHealth.Com .