Maine Code § 32-12521

License required; licensee title
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1. License required. A person may not practice naturopathic medicine or profess to be a
naturopathic doctor in this State unless that person holds a current, valid license from the board to
practice naturopathic medicine.
[PL 1995, c. 671, §13 (NEW).]

2. Title. A licensee must use the title "naturopathic doctor." Naturopathic doctors have the
exclusive right to the use of the terms "naturopathic doctor," "naturopathic," "naturopath," "doctor of
naturopathic medicine," "doctor of naturopathy," "naturopathic medicine," "naturopathic health care,"
"naturopathy" and the recognized abbreviation "N.D." Use of the title "physician" by the licensee is
prohibited.
[PL 1997, c. 210, §13 (AMD).]

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