P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 2515
Those persons licensed in naturopathy may:
(a) Educate and orient on the different aspects and modalities of naturopathy, techniques, lifestyles and natural therapies that are in harmony with this practice.
(b) Interact and participate with physicians and other health professionals in the interdisciplinary management of the patient’s health if the latter requests it, and if the institution and the health professional or professionals authorize it.
(c) Recommend or prescribe natural or integral feeding and other natural, non-toxic products that do not require a medical prescription.
(d) Perform the following therapeutic methods:
(1) Aromatherapy. — Therapy based on the use of aromatic and medicinal plants.
(2) Batherapy (thermal water vapor, hydrotherapy). — Includes a variety of baths with therapeutic purposes conducted with water. It also refers to air, sun, and other baths.
(3) Chromotherapy. — Refers to the therapeutic use of color.
(4) Digipressure or acupressure. — A technique which uses digital pressure on points in the meridians that are to be stimulated.
(5) Phytotherapy (medicinal plants, syrups, poultices, compresses). — Is defined as botanical medicine.
(6) Homeopathy. — Refers to the treatment system based on the use of highly diluted and dynamized natural substances. Doses greater than 20x cannot be recommended, unless the professional malpractice insurance covers it.
(7) Kinesics (energy of touch). — A technique to achieve muscular balance for therapeutic purposes in which no type of substance or artifact is used since only the body’s source of energy is used.
(8) Lavages and douches. — Refers to the use of enemas or colonics and vaginal douches with therapeutic purposes to restore the homeostasis of the system, and/or remove toxins. These shall not be administered by the naturopath, nor in his/her office. The same shall be administered by the person him/herself.
(9) Therapeutic massage. — Refers to the use of massage for therapeutic purposes.
(10) Musical therapy. — Refers to the use of music for therapeutic purposes.
(11) Reflexology. — Refers to therapy that is similar to digipressure or acupressure, limited to the area of the feet or hands, which establishes that any organ of the body can be stimulated from that zone.
(12) Biomagnetics. — Refers to the use of magnets for the treatment of illnesses.
The therapeutic methods of homeopathy and phytotherapy (excluding poultices and compresses) shall be used exclusively by naturopaths and doctors [of] naturopathy licensed by law to use these practices in Puerto Rico.
(e) The naturopath may use evaluation methods germane to naturopathy.
History —Dec. 30, 1997, No. 211, § 16; Aug. 6, 1998, No. 185, § 1.