Arizona Laws 32-1558. Injunction
A. An injunction may be issued to enjoin the practice of naturopathic medicine by either of the following classes of persons:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1558
- Board: means the naturopathic physicians medical board. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Naturopathic medicine: means medicine as taught in approved schools of naturopathic medicine and in clinical, internship, preceptorship and postdoctoral training programs approved by the board and practiced by a recipient of a degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Practice of naturopathic medicine: means a medical system of diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries, ailments, infirmities and other conditions of the human mind and body, including by natural means, drugless methods, drugs, nonsurgical methods, devices, physical, electrical, hygienic and sanitary measures and all forms of physical agents and modalities. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
1. A person who is not licensed to practice naturopathic medicine nor exempt from the licensing requirement under this chapter.
2. A person who is licensed, certified or registered under this chapter and whose continued practice will or may cause irreparable damage to the public health and safety.
B. In a petition for injunction under subsection A, paragraph 1 it is sufficient to charge that the respondent on a day certain in a named county engaged in the practice of naturopathic medicine without a license and without being exempt from the licensing requirement under this chapter. For the purpose of this subsection damage or injury as a result of such practice is presumed.
C. A petition for injunction shall be filed in the name of this state by the board or at the request of the attorney general in the county where the respondent resides or may be found.
D. Issuance of an injunction does not relieve the respondent from being subject to any other proceedings under law provided for in this chapter or otherwise. Violation of an injunction shall be punished as for contempt of court.
E. In all other respects injunction proceedings under this section shall be conducted in the same manner as other injunctions.