Haw. Code R. § 16-88-57 - Education and training requirements for parenteral therapy
(a)
To qualify to administer parenteral therapy in the naturopathic physician's
practice, a naturopathic physician shall submit an application and applicable
fees to the board and demonstrate that the naturopathic physician has:
(1) A current naturopathic physician's
license in this State; and
(2)
Completed a qualifying course on parenteral therapy from an approved course
provider as provided in this section.
(b) The qualifying course shall consist of a
minimum of thirty classroom hours on parenteral administration through
injection of applicable naturopathic formulary substances.
(1) At a minimum, the qualifying course shall
have covered all of the following topics:
(A)
Current and historical research on parenteral therapy;
(B) Ind ications and contraindications of
parenteral therapy;
(C) Parenteral
therapy side effects and toxicity, nutrient/drug interactions;
(D) Parenteral therapy and practical
application, vein selection, and insertion techniques;
(E) Intravenous solutions, equipment,
supplies, catheters, and pic lines;
(F) Initial evaluation and treatment
monitoring requirements;
(G)
Frequency of parenteral treatments;
(H) Charting requirements, standards of care,
office procedures, consent to treat, nutrition and lifestyle recommendations
during treatment, errors and adverse reactions; and
(I) Practicum on mixing and administering
parenteral solutions, including observation of intravenous set up and
administration (the licensee shall have observed at least ten of these); and
successful completion of intravenous set up (the licensee shall have completed
at least ten of these).
(2) The licensee shall have successfully
completed a written examination developed and administered by the course
provider, and the practicum described in subparagraph (b)(1)(I). The written
examination shall consist of at least fifty questions that are relevant to the
topics set forth in this subsection. Successful completion of the written
examination shall be a passing score of at least seventy-five percent or its
equivalent.
(3) One classroom hour
is defined as fifty minutes out of each sixty minute segment and may include
time devoted to examinations.
(4)
No credit shall be granted for distance education, including but not limited to
correspondence courses, internet courses, or video or remote television
offerings.
(c) Schools,
universities, or colleges that meet the requirements of section
455-3,
HRS, and schools, universities, or colleges that are accredited by a regional
or national accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of
Education, shall automatically be approved course providers. The dean of these
approved course providers shall certify to the board that the qualifying course
and licensee met the requirements of subsection (b).
(d) Course providers that are not
automatically approved pursuant to subsection (c) shall submit an application
and applicable fees, course description and outline, and course instructor
qualifications to the board for approval.
(1)
Course instructors shall have had at least one year of experience teaching
parenteral therapy at a school, university or college as described in
16-88-57(c), and at least five years' experience and training combined in
parenteral therapy.
(2) These
course providers shall:
(A) Provide attendees
within sixty days of completion of the course or the examination, completion
certificates which shall include information regarding the number of classroom
hours and, whether there was successful passage of the course examination;
and
(B) Keep attendance records for
a minimum of seven years.
(3) Completion certificates shall be issued
only if the attendee physically attended the course.
(4) Attendees may take no more than one
make-up examination; provided that the examination is taken within ninety days
after the end date of the course.
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