We have now been officially been told that BC naturopathic physicians who passed the Pharmacy Updating course and qualified for certification will be able to prescribe medications on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010.
This is a historic occasion for the profession in BC and for me personally. As many of my patients and friends already know, I have had these same rights under my Washington State ND license when I practiced in Seattle, but couldn't use them to provide my patients here with many of the medicines (including high-dose vitamins) they needed, which was frustrating. Now I can offer these therapies as part of our overall care at Westshore Wellness.
Prescribing is an important step in the process of helping ND's provide the full range of primary care services to patients. We are hoping to have clarification of our rights for appropriate laboratory and diagnostic testing soon, which we are being told is part of ongoing discussions between our College and the BC Ministry of Health. I will post more information as we receive it.
If you have any more questions, please feel free to call my office at (250) 478-4734.
~Dr. Marianne
Friday, September 3, 2010
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