Licensure Eligibility

(1) All applicants must be at least 18 years of age, of good moral character and possess a baccalaureate degree, or higher, from an accredited educational institution, or its equivalent, as determined by the Board. (2) Eligibility by Examination. Applicants for licensure by examination must: (a) Graduate from, and hold a doctor of naturopathic medicine or doctor of naturopathy degree from, a naturopathic education program that is either: 1. A Board-approved naturopathic medical college, provided that the applicant completed a minimum of 1200 hours of Board-approved clinical training before graduation, or (Mass. Register #1468 4/29/22) 2. A four-year naturopathic doctoral program located outside the United States, provided that such program is substantially equivalent to programs that meet the requirements in 273 CMR 3.03(2)(a)1.; and (b) Successfully pass a competency-based national naturopathic licensing examination approved by the Board. (3) Eligibility without Examination. Applicants for licensure without examination must: (a) Have graduated before 1987 and earned a doctor of naturopathic medicine or doctor of naturopathy from a four-year, in-residence naturopathic college or program that had at the time of the applicant's graduation the state-sanctioned authority to confer such a degree, and (b) Demonstrate an ability to practice naturopathic health care by submitting each of the following: 1. Two letters of recommendation, which at least one shall be from a licensed N.D., M.D. or D.O.; 2. Curriculum vitae or other documentation acceptable to the Board that demonstrates at least part time practice for the past ten years in health care; 3. Documentation of completion of 50 hours of continuing education (CE) obtained during the past two years; and 4. Essay describing the applicant's scope of practice. (4) Eligibility by Reciprocity. Applicants for licensure by reciprocity must possess a license in good standing as a naturopathic doctor in another jurisdiction in the United States that the Board determines to have eligibility requirements substantially equivalent to the requirements in 273 CMR 3.03(1) and (2).