ND Wessels "Agrees to Pay $5,000 in Fines for Writing More Than 400 Prescriptions Beyond His Scope"

here, reporting on discipline [or lack thereof!]:

001. kpug1170.com reports in "Two Whatcom County Health Care Providers Pay Thousands in Fines" [2016 archived] (2016-09-08):

"naturopathic doctor V. Joseph Wessels agrees to pay $5,000 in fines for writing more than 400 prescriptions beyond his scope. He can no longer prescribe certain drugs and his practice will be monitored for at least three years."

 let's take a look at his practice.

002. ND Wessels:

he's an 1976 NUNM graduate, and belongs to WANP and AANP, and is on the CNME Board, according to a bio. page;

here we learn he uses homeopathy and pharmacy;

so it's rather strange to see the language "our approach is with natural treatment, causing no harmful side effects [...] we assist the body in the healing process with safer natural treatment [...] our approach is often faster than with drug treatments";