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Senate passes amendments to license naturopathic practitioners; bill moves to third-reading calendar
Summary
Senate Bill 72, creating a licensure system for naturopathic practitioners with multiple negotiated amendments including grandfathering and scope clarifications, passed a roll-call on Feb. 20 and will go to third reading after committee and floor amendments.
Senate Bill 72, a measure to license naturopathic practitioners, advanced on the Senate floor Feb. 20 after extended committee work and negotiated amendments. Sponsor Senator McAllister said stakeholders who once opposed the bill "have been willing to come to the table" and that the current version is not opposed by the organizations that originally raised questions.
The bill includes several floor amendments adopted on the record: legal-reference corrections, a grandfather provision to allow three currently practicing individuals to continue, a terminology change (from "manipulative" to "mobilization" in several sections), and a coordination clause to harmonize the measure with other medical-practice bills. Senator Tanner offered an amendment clarifying that naturopathic medicine does not include certain activities of physical therapists; he characterized his change as cooperative and the floor approved it.
Senators cited the size of the natural-products industry and public demand for access to licensed practitioners. Senator Montgomery confirmed the Utah Medical Association is neutral on the revised bill. The roll-call on the floor recorded 26 ayes, 1 nay and 2 absent; Senate Bill 72 passed to the third-reading calendar.
