How does someone start a new naturopathic college?
Establishing a new naturopathic program within an existing college or university is preferable to beginning a freestanding naturopathic medical college, unless the organizing group has the necessary assets and extensive experience in higher education administration. CNME can refer organizations with the potential for developing a new program to consultants. Any new program, to qualify for accreditation, would likely need to be in a state or province that licenses naturopathic physicians, because students do their clinical training primarily under practicing naturopathic physicians. Additionally, state authorities might not approve a college s request to grant the N.D. degree in a state that does not allow the practice of naturopathic medicine. • May I be licensed in the United States or Canada if I attend an overseas naturopathic college? Because no international standards for naturopathic education exist other than those for the U.S. and Canada, students who graduate from naturopathic
To site a new naturopathic program within an existing college or university is preferable to beginning a freestanding naturopathic medical college, unless the organizing group has the necessary assets and extensive experience in higher education administration. ccsm can refer organizations with the potential for developing a new program to consultants. Any new program, to qualify for accreditation, would likely need to be in a state or province that licenses naturopathic physicians, because students do their clinical training primarily under practicing naturopathic physicians. Additionally, provincial authorities probably would not approve a college’s request to grant the N.D. degree in a province that does not allow the practice of naturopathic medicine.
