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January 13, 2021

AAN: Natural Healthcare Providers Testing and Credentialing Protocols

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The access to higher education has been under debate for decades by scholars, politicians, and practitioners. The access to higher education, thus, is also essential for Natural Healthcare scholars to reach their maximum potential as professionals and post-doctorate innovators. According to the Council of Naturopathic Medicine Education (CNME) via phoncon today, there is only ONE national testing agency in the United States for Naturopathy Doctors (NDs). Essentially, setting up additional Natural Healthcare test sites in ALL 50 U.S. states for Natural Healthcare graduates have become warranted in order that Naturopathy Providers, Doctors, Physicians, and Specialists can be credentialed by various agencies (e.g., via Optum/TriWest).  Thus, I task that interested research scholars conduct an in-depth review on the subject matter and publish accordingly.

Many NDs who hold a Doctorate's are/may be hired/contracted within and throughout the State of Georgia medical systems (to include the VA via Optum). For example, within the medical framework at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in the State of Georgia (​Naturopathic support for cancer-related side effects | CTCA (cancercenter.com)), NDs are titled as " Naturopathic Support" and are members of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology, of which its website, Welcome to the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology (ABNO) (fabno.org), states that its organization does not presently hold a valid accreditation certification program.

This morning, I phoned a few Georgia State agencies inquiring about how my parent research firm could be contracted to devise a State examination that can be used in the State of Georgia ND provider credentialing processes. These agencies, although indicating this would be a great idea, as such credentialed practices will overlaps with their agency purposes, did not know of any means to establish such a state-wide examination. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Contact Us about EPA in Georgia | EPA in Georgia | US EPA) stated that the Center of Disease Control (CDC) handles everything medically as such on the state side.  Thus, based on inquires, a Georgia state-wide examination is not only warranted so that ALL NDs within this state, as well as other states, can take an examination state-side, but that ALL NDs can be properly and legally certified and recognized as a professional and practitioner in their individual state by medical, as well as, insurance agencies!

Respectfully submitted,


Dr. Brenda Nelson-Porter, ND, DM, MIT, International Researcher, Veteran (USMC/USMCR/GA National Guard)
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