Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors by the Naturopathic Medicine Committee in the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to perform various tasks, including dispensing, administering, ordering, and prescribing nutraceuticals, vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, among other substances. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to furnish or order drugs when, among other requirements, the drugs are ordered or furnished under physician supervision. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to independently prescribe epinephrine and natural and synthetic hormones, as specified.
California SB 1446 (20112012) — Naturopathic doctors.
Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors by the Naturopathic Medicine Committee in the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to perform various tasks, including dispensing, administering, ordering, and prescribing nutraceuticals, vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, among other substances. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to furnish or order drugs when, among other requirements, the drugs are ordered or furnished under physician supervision. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to independently prescribe epinephrine and natural and synthetic hormones, as specified.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2012-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2012-04-24 Set for hearing May 7.
2012-05-10 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3446.) (May 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3530.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-05-25 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2012-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Page 6086.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2012-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 6335.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2012-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4965.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2012-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 333, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0794d86-f2ae-4ccd-96e6-b3d29d522f6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).