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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 4660 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1325 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 4660 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (PH) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT PERMITTING NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS TO PRESCRIBE |
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| 20 | 20 | | AND ADMINISTER VITAMIN B12. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 20-34 of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2025): 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The practice of naturopathy means the science, art and practice of 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | healing by natural methods as recognized by the Council of 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Naturopathic Medical Education and that comprises diagnosis, 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | prevention and treatment of disease and health optimization by 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | stimulation and support of the body's natural healing processes, as 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | approved by the State Board of Naturopathic Examiners, with the 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | consent of the Commissioner of Public Health, and shall include (1) 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | counseling; (2) the practice of the mechanical and material sciences of 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | healing as follows: The mechanical sciences such as mechanotherapy, 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | articular manipulation, corrective and orthopedic gymnastics, 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and phototherapy; and 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the material sciences such as nutrition, dietetics, phytotherapy, 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Raised Bill No. 1325 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 4660 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | treatment by natural substances and external applications; (3) ordering 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | diagnostic tests and other diagnostic procedures as such tests and 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | procedures relate to the practice of mechanical and material sciences of 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | healing as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection; (4) ordering 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | medical devices and durable medical equipment; [and] (5) removing ear 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | wax, spirometry, tuberculosis testing and venipuncture for blood 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | testing; and (6) prescribing and administering vitamin B12. 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 53 | 53 | | sections: |
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| 55 | 55 | | Section 1 July 1, 2025 20-34(a) |
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| 57 | 57 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 58 | 58 | | To permit naturopathic physicians to prescribe and administer vitamin |
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| 59 | 59 | | B12. |
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| 61 | 61 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 62 | 62 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 63 | 63 | | underlined.] |
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