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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of doctors of naturopathy, who provide health care utilizing natural substance and therapies. Doctors of naturopathy would be subject to oversight by the director of the Rhode Island department of health.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of doctors of naturopathy, who provide health care utilizing natural substance and therapies. Doctors of naturopathy would be subject to oversight by the director of the Rhode Island department of health.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5474"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5474 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Business & Professions", "Physicians"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Keable"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-15"
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last_action: "2017-07-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b74a39d1-e94e-4dd2-ab9b-976aaba5cf88"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "048fd9699baaac8856039afa831af2b5f60f4f18e7d0c2de035ee482727440dd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5474 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of doctors of naturopathy, who provide health care utilizing natural substance and therapies. Doctors of naturopathy would be subject to oversight by the director of the Rhode Island department of health.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5474 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5474A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Blazejewski — primary (person)
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- Keable — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
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- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b74a39d1-e94e-4dd2-ab9b-976aaba5cf88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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