P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 2451
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated below:
(a) Board. — Means the Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Doctors [of] Naturopathy.
(b) License. — Means any document duly issued by the Board, in which it is certified that the person in whose name the license has been issued is authorized to practice naturopathic medicine in Puerto Rico according to the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Doctor [of] Naturopathy. — Means the person who is duly authorized to practice naturopathic medicine in Puerto Rico, and who meets the requirements of this chapter.
(d) Naturopathic medicine. — Means the care system practiced by a doctor [of] naturopathy for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human health conditions through the use of natural medicine, therapy and patient education in order to maintain and stimulate the intrinsic self-healing system of every individual.
(e) Naturopathy. — Means the natural probiotic practice, separate from medicine, which sees the human body as a whole and promotes integral nutrition and a lifestyle as the main factors in the prevention of disease, whose healing can be achieved by triggering the regenerative and recuperative powers of the body, without the use of drugs or other controlled substances used in medicine, and without surgical or invasive procedures, where only substances of a natural origin are used. Naturopathy involves a practice to complement health and is not a substitute for medicine.
History —Dec. 30, 1997, No. 208, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.