From the desk of Dr.Michael O.Smith....
Friends
and Colleagues,
The
state of Colorado
has just passed a creative new ADS law which will be a big boost to NADA
outreach and service in potentially many states.
The
summary of SB 13-207: The bill allows a licensed, registered or
certified mental health care professional, who has been appropriately
trained, to perform auricular acudetox. The auricular Acudetox must
be performed within the health care professional’s current scope of practice.
Don’t
brag, just inform the key representatives of professionals in your state that Colorado has found a new
approach that is better for their members as well as patient care and, for that
reason also societal safety. In Colorado there was a lot
of sympathy for this position even though there no heavy advocates and no
prior ADS law only a couple of years of nurse NADA practice. That
is the idea sort sells itself, and it is a convenient extension of scope of
practice without involving pharma privileges.
Wider
NADA usage will lead to wider acceptance in key areas.
MIKE