Dr. Redhack

This will I hope add some names to the pending class action suit some are dreaming about.

Those who seem to use the phrase that I will soon be a doctor, should read this. This person, and I use that term lightly, claims they have had great test scores some even 100% on open book exams from the Queen of the sCAM unrecognized Scam med colleges in the United States. This college told me if I paid my tuition in full I would have a degree in no time at all. This is what is commonly referred to as a diploma mill.

I will assume that this person who feels the need to let everyone on many forums what her latest achievement with her correspondence doctor course is just very naïve. But to suggest they are in some way relevant, by suggesting they will have to sit for their “National Boards”or are almost a doctor would make them very dangerous if this person were to dispense medical advice, which this person does often, usually referencing her almost doctor status, her recent grades, or her having to sit for “National Boards”. Reality is that to use the term “Doctor in most states the applicant has to need have the following.

An undergraduate degree from an institution that is recognized by the United States Department of Education.

A degree from a recognized institution in some form of medicine that is also recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Clayton College is not recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Many nonaccredited correspondence schools issue "degrees" and certificates which suggest that the recipient is a qualified expert who can provide rational advice about nutrition or health care. These documents are promoted as though they are equivalent in meaning to established credentials—which they are not. One of the most prolific is the Clayton College of Natural Health (CCNH), of Birmingham, Alabama, which offers home-study courses leading to "degrees" and "certificates" in "natural health," traditional naturopathy, "holistic nutrition" and related subjects. CCNH says it is "the world's leading college of natural health" with over 25,000 graduates.

Accreditation constitutes public recognition that an educational program meets the administrative, organizational, and financial criteria of a recognized agency. In the United States, educational standards for schools are set by a network of agencies approved by the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) or the Council on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation (CORPA). USOE or CORPA do not accredit individual schools, but they approve the national and regional agencies that do so. Almost all such agencies are voluntary and nongovernmental. Nonaccredited schools offering health-related instruction almost always advocate unscientific concepts. Moreover, is not possible to learn to properly care for patients without lengthy supervised experience with patients, which most nonaccredited schools, including Clayton, do not offer. Clayton states that it is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board. However, these are not recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education, which means that "accreditation" by them is meaningless.

In 1998, an official of the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization concluded that Clayton's naturopathy graduates would not be eligible for licensure in Oregon [4]. During the course of its investigation, the department acquired four diplomas issued to one "graduate" (Joyce M. Randrup) during a 14-month period. Randrup's "Doctor of Naturopathy" diploma was dated January 25, 1988, and her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. diplomas were all dated March 28, 1989.



Some Clayton’s Famous Alumni:

# Hulda Clark, author of The Cure for All Cancers and The Cure for All Disease, is an unlicensed naturopath who claims that all cancers, AIDS,Hepatitis C, and many other diseases are caused by “parasites, toxins, and pollutants” and that she can cure them with herbs and a low-voltage electrical device, sometimes within hours. Most of her patient contact has been at a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. Clark claims to be doing research but has never had a paper published in a medical journal [4]. Her naturopathic degree is from Clayton.

# Gillian McKeith, author of You Are What You Eat and Living Foods for Health, is a television commentator and sees patients at her McKeith Research Centre in London, England. A booklet she wrote states that she "conducts clinical research, publishes findings, and treats illness through comprehensive biochemistry" and "believes that most disease can be eradicated with the proper application of a natural and nutritional approach." [5] She also operates McKeith Research Ltd., which markets "organic living food supplements." [6] From 2002 to 2004, one of her Web sites described her as "the world's top nutritionist" and stated that she had "spent several years" training for master's and doctorate degrees in holistic nutrition from the American Holistic College of Nutrition. Like Clark, McKeith has never reported any research in a medical journal.

# Robert O. Young, author of The pH Miracle, The pH Miracle for Diabetes, and The pH Miracle for Weight Loss, claims that health and weight control depend primarily on proper balance between an alkaline and acid environment that can be optimized by eating certain foods. These claims are false [7].Young offers educational retreats that include a private blood cell analysis and "nutritional consultation" at his 45-acre estate in Valley Center, California. In 1996, under a plea bargain, Young pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempted practice of medicine without a license and was promised that the charge would be dismissed if he stayed out of trouble for 18 months. Young claimed that he had looked at blood samples from two women and simply gave them nutritional advice [8]. The blood test he advocates (live-cell analysis) has no scientific validity [9]. Young's "credentials" include doctoral degrees in nutrition, science, and naturopathy from the American Holistic College of Nutrition. His Web site claims that he "has been widely recognized as one of the top research scientists in the world," and his book states that he "has gained national recognition for his research into diabetes, cancer, leukemia, and AIDS." Yet he, too, has had nothing published in a recognized scientific journal.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 3630-3637

If one were to live in California, one would have to achieve the following:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=03001-04000&file=3630-3637

3630. An applicant for a license as a naturopathic doctor shall
file with the bureau a written application on a form provided by the
bureau, that shows, to the bureau's satisfaction, compliance with all
of the following requirements:
(a) The applicant has not committed an act or crime that
constitutes grounds for denial of a license under Section 480, and
has complied with the requirements of Section 144.
(b) The applicant has received a degree in naturopathic medicine
from an approved naturopathic medical school where the degree
substantially meets the educational requirements in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 3623.



3631. An applicant for licensure shall pass the Naturopathic
Physicians Licensing Examination (NPLEX) or an equivalent approved by
the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners. In the absence
of an examination approved by the North American Board of
Naturopathic Examiners, the bureau may administer a substantially
equivalent examination.



3633. The bureau may grant a license to an applicant who is
licensed and in good standing as a naturopathic doctor in another
state, jurisdiction, or territory in the United States, provided the
applicant has met the requirements of Sections 3630 and 3631.




3633.1. The bureau may grant a license to an applicant who meets
the requirements of Section 3630, but who graduated prior to 1986,
pre-NPLEX, and passed a state or Canadian Province naturopathic
licensing examination. Applications under this section shall be
received no later than December 31, 2007.



3634. (a) A license issued under this chapter shall be subject to
renewal biennially as prescribed by the bureau and shall expire
unless renewed in that manner. The bureau may provide by regulation
for the late renewal of a license.
(b) The holder of a license under this chapter shall be required
to take and pass a recertifying examination before the 10th
anniversary of his or her initial licensure pursuant to this chapter.
On or before July 1, 2010, the bureau shall establish standards for
recertification and shall create a recertifying examination or adopt
an existing examination that satisfies the recertification standards
established by the bureau. In developing standards for
recertification, the bureau shall consider information provided by
the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, naturopathic doctors,
and other interested parties.


3635. (a) In addition to any other qualifications and requirements
for licensure renewal, the bureau shall require the satisfactory
completion of 60 hours of approved continuing education biennially.
This requirement is waived for the initial license renewal. The
continuing education shall meet the following requirements:
(1) At least 20 hours shall be in pharmacotherapeutics.
(2) No more than 15 hours may be in naturopathic medical journals
or osteopathic or allopathic medical journals, or audio or videotaped
presentations, slides, programmed instruction, or computer-assisted
instruction or preceptorships.
(3) No more than 20 hours may be in any single topic.
(4) No more than 15 hours of the continuing education requirements
for the specialty certificate in naturopathic childbirth attendance
shall apply to the 60 hours of continuing education requirement.
(b) The continuing education requirements of this section may be
met through continuing education courses approved by the California
Naturopathic Doctors Association, the American Association of
Naturopathic Physicians, the Medical Board of California, the
California State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Chiropractic
Examiners, or other courses approved by the bureau.



3636. (a) Upon a written request, the bureau may grant inactive
status to a naturopathic doctor who is in good standing and who meets
the requirements of Section 462.
(b) A person whose license is in inactive status may not engage in
any activity for which a license is required under this chapter.
(c) A person whose license is in inactive status shall be exempt
from continuing education requirements while his or her license is in
that status.
(d) To restore a license to active status, a person whose license
is in inactive status must fulfill continuing education requirements
for the two-year period prior to reactivation, and pay a reactivation
fee established by the bureau.



3637. Only an individual may be licensed under this chapter.

In summary, one can sit on as many 2 x 4's or 1 x 6's as one wants, but they will never be able to call themselves Doctor.