Natural health practitioner is a regulated profession in Switzerland. Two different professions areregistered in the EU regulated professions database as follows:
“Natural health practitioner” is a directly related regulated profession with title “Naturopathe/Homéopathe(FR)/ Naturheilpraktiker/Homöopath (DE)” recognized under Directive 2005/36/EC (5), ID 10050. Level of recognition and application to be checked. Qualification level undefined. All regions included (7).
“Natural health practitioner” is a directly related regulated profession with title “Naturopathe (de tradition Européenne)/ Traditionnelle Europäische Naturheilkunde (DE)” recognized under Directive 2005/36/EC (5), ID 15454. Level of recognition and application to be checked. Qualification level undefined. All regions included (7).
A professional chair of CAM, including naturotherapy (“Naturheilkunde”) exists at the University of Zurich (276).
5. DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22) Amended up to March 2011, (2005).
7. The European Commission. Regulated professions database. Brussels: EUROPA; 2011 [cited 2012 February 10, ]; Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?fuseaction=regProf.index.
276. Klaus von Ammon. Email: WP2 Switzerland. Bern 2011
