Misleading statements on legalities of homeopathy

[Irene de Villiers]

I find this a very misleading statement.
It may be the law in the STATE where yo live - but this is an
international list and it definitely does not apply to all states nor
to all countries.
In any case, it is legal to diagnose and treat your own pets or
yourself. Doing it for income or for someone else is separate, and
the laws vary by state and by country. For example prevention is
perfectly legal in most states.

In sensible ones (countries/states/counties) Homeopathy can be used
legally to prevent or treat disease.
So perhaps your footer needs to start out withy the words:

"MY view is that, in the area where I live...................."

It's misleading to make claims that are invalid for all but your
area, as lots of others see that and can start to make unnecessary
trouble for other homeopaths if they believe and act on your words.

By the way.... Minutus already has a pretty good statement under all
emails

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Gail]

Thanks for highlighting this Irene. I was also a bit put off by this
disclaimer. It's a bit like a shop where I worked where someone had
put a disclaimer up on the homoeopathic section saying there were no
trials that validated homoeopathy. I took it down and put up a summary
about trials done with arnica related to cosmetic surgery and postpartum
recovery.

I think if you legally need to have something that limits the publicity
of what homoeopathy can do it could probably be worded better than this.
In fact you might be able to say 'I am not legally allowed to say
that.....eg.... homoeopathy has a track record of being more effective
at treating disease states than standard medicine'

Gail

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Irene de Villiers
wrote:

[Shannon Nelson]

It's not her view that's relevant for the situation! For anyone
practicing in the US, it would be pretty much of a legal necessity to
include this disclaimer. Even in the (two or three?) states where
homeopathy has legal status, I think it's still necessary that a person
without a medical license must not claim to diagnose, treat or prevent
any disease, otherwise you are "practicing medicine without a license",
and here that's a huge legal no-no.
Shannon