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...
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...
25 April 2022 The WANP scored a WIN today on behalf of our members and all naturopathic physicians in Washington. After we saw a social media post about Bartell and Rite Aid pharmacies refusing to fill prescriptions for testosterone and codeine written by...
20 December 2021 Have you been struggling to figure out how and where to track your continuing education now that we're on a 2-year reporting cycle with multiple categories to consider and requirements to complete? If you answered "yes", you're not alone! The single...
24 November 2021 The Board of Naturopathy (board) filed a CR101 as WSR # 21-21-111 with the Office of the Code Reviser proposing to consider amendments to WAC section 246-836-080, rules regarding continuing education. The board is holding the first in a series of rule...
29 September 2021 The Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance Division (HSQA) is accepting applications to fill vacancies on the Board of Naturopathy (board). This recruitment will be used to fill a current professional member vacancy and one...
1 September 2021 The WANP Board of Directors is thrilled to welcome Carey Morris of Carey Morris Government Relations to our legislative team! Ms. Morris has been lobbying the Washington State Legislature since 1999, and her decades of experience are obvious as she...
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