Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-38-101

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R4-38-101 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions at A.R.S. § 32-2901, in this Chapter:

1. "Beneficial clinical usage" means that usage results of a therapy modality or treatment are documented by:

a. Clinical reports from national or international organizations;

b. Professionally recognized publications of clinical indications and contraindications;

c. National or international instructional courses providing training in the use of the therapy modality, or treatment; or

d. Professional peer review presentations of physicians' usage results with the therapy modality or treatment at local, county, state, national or international meetings.

2. "Classical homeopathy" means a system of medical practice expounded by Samuel Hahnemann in the Organon of Medicine that treats a disease by the administration of minute doses of a remedy that would in healthy persons produce symptoms of the disease treated.

3. "Complex homeopathy" means a system of medical practice that combines one or more homeopathic remedies that are not described in the Organon of Medicine.

4. "EAV" means electric acupuncture according to Reinhard Voll.

5. "Fifth Pathway program" means an academic program created by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association specifically for American medical students studying abroad.

6. "Generally accepted experimental criteria in homeopathy" means:

a. A protocol in which a therapy modality or treatment is administered in the smallest amount necessary to stimulate a healing response with a minimum of clinical aggravation of symptoms or side effects;

b. A process of recording the clinical efficacy of a therapy modality or treatment reflected by measurements of symptom aggravation or improvement, laboratory testing, and changes in physiologic functioning; or

c. A process by which innovative diagnostic procedures and devices are analyzed and evaluated according to their ability to assist a physician in assessing the degree of electrical resistance or conduction disturbance in the totality of a patient's presenting signs, symptoms, and physiologic responses and predict or monitor the totality of the patient's responses to a therapy modality or treatment.

7. "Homeopathic indication" means a recognized standard of practice of homeopathic practitioners that describes a sign, symptom, and physical finding that leads to the recommendation of a particular substance or therapeutic procedure.

8. "Metal poisoning" means a level of toxic metals present in a patient that in the professional judgment of a licensee is inconsistent with the patient's ability to achieve optimal health.

9. "Proving method of administration" means testing a homeopathic drug on healthy volunteers by recording, compiling, and organizing symptoms that are developed into a repertory.

10. "Repertory" means a compilation, usually in book form, of information categorized by the different systems of the body and providing an index of symptoms and a listing of corresponding homeopathic remedies.

11. "Rubric" means a guiding symptom leading to a homeopathic remedy.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-38-101

Adopted effective June 3, 1988 (Supp. 88-2). Heading amended effective February 7, 1995 (Supp. 95-1). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 2008, effective July 2, 2005 (Supp. 05-2).