1 September 2026 A memorial service for Dr. Les Griffith - co-founder of Bastyr University and past President of the WANP - will be held at 11 am on Monday, September 28, 2026, in the chapel at Bastyr University (14500 Juanita Drive NE, Kenmore, WA 98028). A memorial...
10 June 2026 Directly from the Washington State Department of Health: The Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance Division (HSQA), is accepting applications to fill two (2) public member positions on the Board of Naturopathy. HSQA is looking for...
5 January 2025 Today is a significant day in the history of the WANP! Our organization was officially incorporated on this date in 1935, and we are so excited to spend this year recognizing and celebrating the contributions our organization has made in advancing and...
6 December 2024 The Board of Naturopathy (board) is actively recruiting to fill current and upcoming vacancies for both public and professional member positions. The mandate of the board is to protect the public's health and safety and to promote the welfare of the...
9 November 2024 The WANP Board of Directors has spent the better part of this past year developing a 5-year strategic plan to help guide the organization and the Board in moving the organization and the profession forward. As part of this process, the Board updated...
1 September 2024 We are extremely excited to introduce our 2024/2025 Board of Directors! The seven (7) physicians and one (1) student below will (re)join current Directors Drs. Sarah Acosta Smith, Tiffany Bloomingdale, Mandy Gulla, and Lesley Morical under the...
13 May 2024 The WANP is thrilled to participate in this year's designated week honoring and celebrating our incredible medicine, featuring the theme: Revolutionizing Wellness: Naturopathic Medicine for Whole Person Health Care. Throughout this week, we will join with...
21 March 2024 We finally received word late last week that the Public Comment Meeting for the on-going Sunrise Review on Senate Bill 5411 has been scheduled! The Department of Health will hear oral comments on WANP's scope expansion efforts between 9a and 12p on...
8 January 2024 Today marks the start of the "short" 2024 Legislative Session in Washington State, and WANP's priority scope modernization bill - Senate Bill 5411 - remains in the midst of an updated Sunrise Review with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH)....
14 December 2023 A new rule allowing Washington-licensed naturopathic physicians to inject botulinum toxin for nonsurgical cosmetic purposes is in effect as of today. In the weeks since the rule language was finalized, the WANP heard from many of our doctors who have...
9 October 2023 From the Washington State Department of Health Office of Health Professions: The Washington State Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee has requested the department review a proposal to increase the naturopathic physician scope of practice. This...
23 July 2023 The leadership team of WANP just returned from attending the AANP's Annual Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, and we are excited to share how involved your Washington colleagues are in this profession at the national level. Throughout this past weekend, we...
3 April 2023 The Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance Division (HSQA), is accepting applications to fill two professional member positions on the Board of Naturopathy. HSQA is looking for public-spirited individuals willing to study the issues and to...
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...
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...
