Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation
Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing
Part 35 - Doctors of Naturopathy (216-RICR-40-05-35)
Section 216-RICR-40-05-35.2 - Definitions

1. "Acupuncture" means the insertion of needles into the human body by piercing the skin of the body, for the purpose of controlling and regulating the flow and balance of energy in the body, as defined by R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37.2-2(1). For the purposes of this Part; "medical acupuncture" means acupuncture as practiced by physicians licensed under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37.

2. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-36.1 entitled, "The Licensure of Naturopathy Act".

3. "Board" means the board of licensure of naturopathy or any committee or subcommittee thereof established under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-36.1-8.

4. "Collaborative and consultation agreement" means an agreement between a doctor of naturopathy and a physician licensed under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37. The collaboration and consultation agreement shall include all requirements set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-36.1-12.

5. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.

6. "Doctor of acupuncture" means a person who has been licensed under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37.2 to practice the art of healing known as acupuncture.

7. "Doctor of naturopathy" means a person who practices naturopathic health care and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-36.1-13.

8. "License" is synonymous with registration certificate.

9. "Medical record" means a record of a patient's medical information and treatment history maintained by physicians and other medical personnel, which includes, but is not limited to, information related to medical diagnosis, immunizations, allergies, x-rays, copies of laboratory reports, records of prescriptions, and other technical information used in assessing the patient's health condition, whether such information is maintained in a paper or electronic format.

10. "Natural" means present in, produced by, or derived from nature.

11. "Naturopathic health care" or "practice of naturopathic health care" means a system of health care that utilizes education, natural substances and natural therapies to support and stimulate a patient's intrinsic self-healing processes and to prevent, and treat human health conditions and injuries.

12. "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm corporation, (including, but not limited to, associations, joint stock companies, limited liability companies, and insurance companies), trust or estate, state or political subdivision or instrumentality of a state.

13. "Physician" means any person licensed to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37.

14. "RIDOH" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.