THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	123
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

urging the board of naturopathic medicine to make rules consistent with act 222, Special session laws of hawaii 2009, to allow naturopathic physicians to perform parenteral therapy.

     WHEREAS, the Legislature, through Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, directed the Board of Naturopathic Medicine to "establish the education and training requirements for parenteral therapy and the standards to administer parenteral therapy" for licensed naturopathic physicians; and

     WHEREAS, the Legislature also directed the Board of Naturopathic Medicine to "[a]nnually establish and publish a naturopathic formulary that has been approved by the board for prescription, administration, or dispensing by naturopathic physicians" through Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009; and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Naturopathic Medicine established a naturopathic formulary effective January 1, 2010 that specifically prohibits the prescription, administration, or dispensation of formulary items "in injectable form or by injection unless this is specifically authorized by the Board's administrative rules"; and

     WHEREAS, the administrative rules of the Board of Naturopathic Medicine contain no provisions authorizing the prescription, administration, or dispensation of formulary items via injection, also known as parenteral therapy; and

     WHEREAS, the absence of administrative rules allowing the administration of parenteral therapy by naturopathic physicians effectively prohibits the practice; and

     WHEREAS, the intent of the Legislature in passing Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, was to allow naturopathic physicians to practice parenteral therapy pursuant to rules and subject to requirements established by the Board of Naturopathy; and

     WHEREAS, the intent of the Legislature in passing Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, was to codify the general and historical practice of the provision of parenteral therapy by naturopathic physicians; and

     WHEREAS, the effective prohibition on the use of parenteral therapy by naturopathic physicians that currently exists is in contradiction to the intent of the Legislature in passing Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, and to the general and historical practice of naturopathic medicine in this State; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Board of Naturopathic Medicine is urged to adopt administrative rules in accord with Act 22, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, to allow the use of parenteral therapy by naturopathic physicians that include education and training requirements; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Board of Naturopathic Medicine and the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Naturopathic Medicine; Parenteral Therapy; Administrative Rules