We must turn the tables. Rather than endless opposition to bad policy, let’s work proactively towards good strong policy solutions that will shape the future of health freedom that we wish for ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren.
Safe Harbor Practitioner Exemption Laws create an exemption for complementary and alternative practitioners such as herbalists, homeopaths, traditional naturopaths, Ayurveda practitioners, energy healers, wellness consultants, and many others who provide the care we need, so that they can practice their healing art legally, without fear of violating the medical practices act in their state, provided that they follow a set of common sense safe harbor parameters. Eleven states now have some form of Safe Harbor Practitioner Exemption Law: Minnesota, Rhode Island, California, Louisiana, Idaho, Oklahoma, Arizona (for homeopaths), New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Maine. NHFA attorneys coached people in most of these states as they worked to draft a bill and pass it into law.
Expanded Practices Act. This legislation would allow licensed medical doctors to practice outside of the “standard of care” under certain circumstances without fear of punishment or loss of license.
Some states such as NY, CA, CO, OR, and UT have made progress in protecting doctors’ rights to use complementary and alternative or non-conventional methods in treating patients. These states have paved the way. They prove it can be done! If you are a group of licensed professionals or consumers working together in a state that would like to work toward the passage of an Expanded Practices Act in your state, NHFA is here to help with drafting, research, and coaching throughout the legislative process.
NHFA attorneys have drafted model federal legislation that will protect homeopathic remedies made with Good Homeopathic Manufacturing Practices to share with other organizations and attorneys working to protect homeopathic remedies.
Over the past 20 years our NHFA team has mentored many groups that have had success in passing laws that protect health and healing rights. Together we truly can make changes to our laws that reflect the wishes of the people. It is not easy or fast, but it is urgent that we pay attention to what is happening in legislatures across the nation. When we see policies that infringe on our rights as individuals to make our own health decisions, we must counter them with proactive and protective solutions.
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