Connecticut § 20-12n - Homeopathic physicians.
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§ 20-12n. Homeopathic physicians.
Sec. 20-12n. Homeopathic physicians. (a) As used in this section, “homeopathic physician” means a physician who prescribes the single remedy in the minimum dose in potentized form, selected from the law of similars.
(b) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall practice as a homeopathic physician until such person has obtained a license to practice medicine and surgery from the Department of Public Health in accordance with this chapter. No license as a homeopathic physician shall be required of a graduate of any school or institution giving instruction in the healing arts who is completing a post-graduate medical training in homeopathy pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Applicants for licensure as a homeopathic physician shall, in addition to holding a license as a physician or surgeon issued in accordance with section 20-10, have successfully completed not less than one hundred twenty hours of post-graduate medical training in homeopathy offered by an institution approved by the American Institute of Homeopathy or one hundred twenty hours of post-graduate medical training in homeopathy under the direct supervision of a licensed homeopathic physician, which shall consist of thirty hours of theory and ninety hours of clinical practice. The Department of Public Health shall approve any training completed under the direction of a licensed homeopathic physician.
(P.A. 03-252, S. 6; P.A. 13-208, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 13-208 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “meeting the requirements of section 20-10” with “holding a license as a physician or surgeon issued in accordance with section 20-10”, deleting reference to Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Examining Board, substituting provision requiring Department of Public Health to approve training for provision requiring Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Examining Board to approve training, and making a technical change.
See Sec. 53-341 re penalty.
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