Musing on the Text of New Mexico's 2019 Senate Bill 135 "Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act"

here, my musings on a bill's opaque language, in part:

001. at the New Mexico Legislature, there's a link to the bill which is the "introduced" language dated 2018-12-20 [2019 archived], and that bill states:

002. Section 2, "Definitions" and "Means":

now, here is where context is supposedly being clarified.  As in defined, as in meaning.  But naturopathy promotes itself through opacity and uninformed consent.

"as used in the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act: A. 'approved naturopathic medical educational program' means an educational program that the board has approved as meeting the requirements of Section 4 of the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act that prepares naturopathic doctors for the practice of naturopathic medicine [...]":

now, lets take one of those schools as an example.  I just received an email from the University of  Bridgeport, that goes like this:

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it state's "graduate health sciences" subset "naturopathic medicine."  Been getting these for years.  So, the categorical misrepresentation that is at the heart of naturopathy education is 'science subset naturopathy'.  And that is so easy to show as a misrepresentation, categorically, because naturopathy contains so much that is science-ejected and science-exterior.  I'll also add that UB claims nonsectarian, yet naturopathy is quite categorically a cornucopia of junk sectarian medicines.

"B. 'association' means an entity that is approved by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians [...]";

speaking of false science, there's the AANP long-standing page "Zicam is Not Homeopathy" [2018 archived] by NDs Coward and Lewis which falsely states "homeopathy is a 200 year-old medicinal science."  That captures naturopathic falsehood in microcosm.  These will be the people, this will be the mindset since it is the mindset of North American naturopathy, of those who will be running the New Mexico naturopathy grift.

"K. 'homeopathic medicine' means a system of medicine based on the use of infinitesimal doses of substances capable of producing symptoms similar to those of the disease

treated, as listed in the homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States [...]";

now, by the way, if it were scientifically true that homeopathy actually created those "symptoms similar to those of the disease treated", then homeopathy would not be a fantasy.  But, this is fantasist, because homeopathy means placebo and kind.

"S. 'naturopathic medicine' means: (1) a system of health care for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human health conditions, injury and disease; (2) the promotion or restoration of health; and (3) the support and stimulation of a patient's inherent self-healing processes through patient education and the use of naturopathic therapies and therapeutic substances [...]";

and there's the coded vitalism.  In the law.

"T. 'naturopathic physical medicine' means the use of one or more of the following physical agents in a manner consistent with naturopathic medical practice on a part or the whole of the body, by hand or by mechanical means, in the resolution of a human ailment or conditions [...including] (7) homeopathic medicine [...]";

and isn't it interesting that they're attempting to legislative the physicality of a system of prescientific medicine that has been discarded. Quite the reversal of values.

"X. 'professional examination' means a competency based national naturopathic doctor licensing examination administered by the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners or its successor agency, which board has been nationally recognized to administer a naturopathic examination that represents federal standards of education and training [...]";

so, here's the thing.  That exam, the NPLEX, quite falsely claims that homeopathy is a clinical science.  It epitomizes why ND education and mindset is crazy.