Triple-S will recognize for payment the services provided by Doctors in Naturopathy, licensed in Puerto Rico. These services are those stipulated in Law 211-1997 of December 30, 1997, namely: The people licensed in Naturopathic Medicine will be able to:
a. Educate or guide on the different aspects and modalities of neuropathy, techniques, lifestyles and natural therapies that are in harmony with this practice.
b. Interact and participate with doctors and other health professionals in the interdisciplinary management of the patient’s health, if so requested, and the institution and the professional or health professionals authorize it.
c. Prescribe or recommend natural or integral feeding and other natural products, non-toxic, that do not require medical prescription.
d. Practice the following therapeutic methods:
1. Aromatherapy – therapy based on the use of medicinal and aromatic plants.
2. Balneotherapy (steam thermal water, hydrotherapy) – includes the variety of therapeutic baths executed with water. It also refers to air, sun and other baths.
3. Chromotherapy – refers to the use of color in therapeutic form.
4. Digitopuncture or acupressure – a technique that uses the pressure of the fingers on points in meridians that you wish to stimulate.
5. Fitoterapy (medicinal plants, syrups, poultices, compresses) – is defined as herbology.
6. Homeopathy – refers to the treatment system based on the use of natural substances highly diluted and energized. Doses greater than 20x will not be able to be recommended unless the professional insurance cover covers it.
7. Kinesiology (energy touch) – technique to achieve muscle balance for therapeutic purposes in which no type of substance or artifact is used since the body’s own energy is used.
8. Douches and showers – refers to the use of enemas, colonics, douching for therapeutic purposes to restore system homeostasis and / or detoxify. These should not be administered by the Naturopath, nor in his office. They must be administered by the person himself.
9. Therapeutic massage – refers to the use of massage for therapeutic purposes.
10. Music therapy – refers to the use of music for therapeutic purposes.
11. Reflexology – refers to therapy similar to «acupressure or acupressure», limited to the area of the feet and hands, which states that any body organ can be stimulated from that area.
12. Biomagnetism – refers to the use of magnets for the treatment of diseases.
e. The naturopath may use assessment methods of naturopathy.
Therapeutic or practical methods of therapeutic massage and music therapy are not intended to limit their use exclusively to naturopaths.
In the same way licensed naturopaths to practice naturopathy will not be able to:
a.Practice, claim or claim that he/she practices medicine, and / or claim and / or advertise in any way as being a doctor.
b. Prescribe, dispense or administer drugs and / or drugs that require a prescription.
c. Sort, induce or suggest any patient to discontinue treatment prescribed by any doctor.
d. Perform surgical procedures or any other invasive treatment.
d. Perform, refer, interpret or order laboratory tests.
f. Address medical emergencies in your office that require specialized equipment and personnel. However, he/she can attend an emergency, if he/she have and is up to date, in courses or first aid training or paramedical sciences and do not require specialized equipment and personnel.
g. He/she cannot sell or distribute naturopathic products in your own service office.
h. Perform physical examinations or that require undressing the patient to discover, palpate or manipulate their genitals and / or breasts and / or anal or rectal area.
i. Use body fluids or exudates from the body, or any other liquid or substance excreted by the organs of excretion of the human body or animals for consumption, drink or application for therapeutic purposes.
