Accreditation and Licensing

BINM is a member of the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC), an organization created to propel and foster the naturopathic medical profession by actively supporting the academic efforts of accredited and preaccredited schools of naturopathic medicine. Visit www.aanmc.org for more information.

BINM is also accredited in accordance with the Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA) of British Columbia www.pctia.bc.ca . BINM students are thereby eligible to apply to provincial and federal Student Assistance Programs.

The Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME) www.cnme.org on December 9, 2003 granted candidacy for accreditation to the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. Candidacy is an affiliation with the CNME that indicates a naturopathic medicine program meets CNME's eligibility requirements and complies with CNME's accreditation standards to the degree expected of a program for its stage of development. This status enables BINM students to sit the Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examinations (NPLEX), offered by the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners (NABNE) the same as all CNME accredited schools. Passage of the NPLEX is required for licensure in most regulated jurisdictions, including British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and those states in the U.S. that regulate the practice of naturopathic medicine. Visit www.nabne.org for more information on the licensing process.

BINM is on the list of approved schools of the College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC), the regulatory body for the licensing of naturopathic physicians in B.C. Visit the CNPBC website at www.cnpbc.bc.ca for more information on the B.C. regulatory body.

Currently, the following provinces and states have laws governing the practice of naturopathic medicine: British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington and the territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Since each jurisdiction has its own specific requirements, it is the responsibility of each prospective student to contact the jurisdiction in which s/he hopes to practice to determine licensing requirements.