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Era of Professionalization, Legitimation and Collaboration
naturopathic medicine matures toward collaboration, transformation, and social closure 1998 - 2018
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1998
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AANP: Rick Brinkman, ND, President; Rita Bettenburg, ND, Speaker of the House of Delegates.
LICENSURE, EXAMINATIONS, REGULATORY, AND LICENSING BOARDS
Angela Moore, ND, is Chair of the BDDT-N until 2008, becomes Executive Director in 2008-2013. Long-time champion of Canadian professional regulation and standards. Leads team in establishing modernized Naturopathy Act within the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA), Ontario.
Ed Hoffman Smith, ND. President of NPLEX until 2000.
Federation of Naturopathic State Licensing Authorities established; Nancy Dunne, ND, Founding President.
NPLEX develops elective acupuncture examination to reflect the scope of practice in several jurisdictions.
ACCREDITATION
CNME publishes residencies certification manual.
SCNM awarded initial candidacy status with the CNME.
US Dept. of Education National Advisory Committee recommends withdrawing CNME approval, recognition by federal government.
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Bill Mitchell, ND, leads successful recruitment of first Bastyr University Board of Regents.
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CCNM Board approves (1997) then completes (1998) landmark purchase of CCNM permanent North York campus at 1255 Sheppard Street in Toronto, Ontario. Orchestrated by President David Schleich, PhD.
David Marchese is President of SCNM, until 1999.
First graduating class of NDs at Southern Cross University, Australia.
RESEARCH: INSTITUTES, GRANTS, AND PUBLICATIONS
“Canadian Naturopathic Practitioners: Holistic and Scientific World Views.” H. Boon. Social Science and Medicine. XX
First National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia grant awarded to Stephen Myers, ND, BMed, PhD, as Chief Investigator.
NCNM shares in five-year $7.96 million NCCAM grant to create Oregon Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) with Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Western States Chiropractic College, Oregon School of Massage, and Kaiser Permanente.XXX
US Congress passes Legislation (S. 2440) elevating NIH Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) to National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM); led by Senators Harkin (D-IA), and Specter (R-PA). Bastyr University and AANP play significant
role, organizing stakeholder and congressional advocacy campaign, scientific cost effectiveness monographs, advocating language mandating naturopathic and “CAM” whole disciplines inclusion in research, mainstream integration, funding for naturopathic and other “CAM” accredited colleges’ research infrastructure. Advocacy for “complementary and alternative” professions and institutions using “systems, disciplines and modalities” enabling language; led by C. Campbell, P. Snider, S. Quinn, T. Kruzel, J.
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