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N.Y. Licensure Bill Progressing Through Legislature

In New York, Senate Bill 1617, which would regulate naturopathic medicine, establish a state board and define requirements for competency, recently passed the higher education committee, bringing the N.Y. naturopathic profession one step closer to official licensure.

While the licensing bill is pending, naturopathic practitioners in the state hope to join the other 14 states in the union that are already licensed for naturopathic medicine. The bill still needs to pass the N.Y. Senate and go through the same steps in the Assembly.
Source: "Naturopathy licensing." Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, Feb. 5, 2006.

Dr. Rick Kirschner to Teach at SCNM

Bestselling author and motivational speaker, Rick Kirschner, ND, joined the faculty at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) in February as an adjunct assistant professor. He is teaching a newly revised "Mind-Body" course, the content of which will be both experiential and interactive. During each class, Dr. Kirschner, author of bestselling book, Dealing with People You Can't Stand and the audio/video series, How to Deal with Difficult People, will focus on how best to handle stressful clinical communications by understanding what is meant beyond the actual communication between two parties.
Source: Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. Press release posted Jan. 12, 2006, on www.scnm.edu.

Oregon ND helps East Meet West

Lee Samatowic, ND, a 1995 graduate of National College of Naturopathic Medicine, recently combined her practice with that of Lorin Johnson, an Oriental medicine specialist, and opened the Silverton Integrative Medicine Center in Silverton, Ore. The center will combine the best of traditional and alternative medicine.
Dr. Samatowic, who specializes in pediatrics, acute and chronic disorders, and biodetoxification, resides in Auburn, Ore. She became interested in the idea of an integrated clinic after meeting Johnson. Working as a nurse at a hospital in Salem, Ore., for years, Johnson witnessed the good and bad of allopathic treatment. While visiting China in 1978, she discovered the benefits of Oriental medicine and wanted to develop a clinic in the States that integrated the best of the East with the best of the West - an endeavor that Dr. Samatowic wanted to be a part of.
Source: "Integrating new and old is goal of new medical center." SilveratonAppeal.com, posted Jan. 19, 2006.
Written by Julie Engebretson