Naturopathic Physician News
WANP kicks off 2023 Legislative Session with the filing of SB 5411
13 January 2023 The 2023 Legislative Session is officially underway and we are excited to bring forward SB 5411: Increasing the scope of practice of naturopathic physicians once again. This bill is aimed at increasing the prescriptive authority of naturopathic...
Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act signed into law by President Biden
12 January 2023 On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act into law. One effect of this law is to eliminate the federal waiver requirement for providers to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. This is...
WANP supports Seattle/King County Clinic with volunteer recruitment
3 January 2023 Volunteer Registration for the 2023 Seattle/King County Clinic officially opens today and the WANP Board of Directors is thrilled to help recruit our members to participate in this incredible opportunity - returning to Seattle Center for the first time...
2022: Year in Review
31 December 2022 Happy New Year's Eve! Today marks the end of my second full year as the Executive Director of the WANP. I continue to be incredibly honored and humbled to represent and serve this profession in this capacity, and I am proud to highlight just a few...
WA DOH: Board of Naturopathy Regular Meeting Highlights (November 2022)
18 November 2022 Today's meeting of our profession's regulatory board was quite long - an indicator of how much good work the Board is doing to regulate, guide, and advance our profession in Washington. Below is my summary of the key discussions and decisions made at...
Highlights from WANP's CONNECT 2022 weekend
16 October 2022 Another CONNECT continuing education conference weekend is in the books! PAC FundraisingOur attendees were some of the most engaged ever and they showed up in a significant way - both in our presentation chats AND in our PAC fundraising effort! In...
Welcoming our 2022/2023 Board of Directors
1 September 2022 We are extremely excited to welcome our 2022/2023 Board of Directors! We experienced record-smashing participation in our election this year with nearly 40% of our professional membership expressing their opinions by voting. The five (5) physicians...
WANP learns mifepristone access blocked by private industry, meets with U.S. Senate H.E.L.P. Committee to discuss
17 August 2022 Today was a significant day for our profession when I was able to get a meeting with staffers from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Washington State Senator Patty Murray. The intent of the meeting was to...
WA DOH: Board of Naturopathy Regular Meeting Highlights (August 2022)
12 August 2022 Our regulatory board has been hard at work advancing several rule-making efforts over the last several months. Below is my effort to briefly summarize some of the key decisions made at the regular Board meeting on 8/12/2022. Colon Hydrotherapist...
WA DOH: Vaccine Advisory Committee Update (July 2022)
14 July 2022 Please find highlights below from the Vaccine Advisory Committee (VAC) meeting that took place on 7/14/2022. Note that the Washington State Department of Health is about to announce a new Director of Immunization. MonkeyPox VaccineThe federal government...