Title 25, Professions And Occupations

[§454M-8.7] Enforcement authorities. (a) If the commissioner has reason to believe that a person has violated or is violating section 454M-2, the commissioner may issue orders or directives under this chapter as follows: (1) Order or direct persons subject to this chapter to ceas…

[§454M-9] Private right of action. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude any individual or entity that suffers loss as a result of a violation of this chapter from maintaining a civil action to recover damages and, as provided by statute, attorney's fees. [L 2009…

§455-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Behavioral medicine" means therapy techniques including biofeedback, relaxation training, hypnosis, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and cognitive therapy. "Board" means the board of naturopathic medicine. "Common diagnostic proced…

§455-1.5 Exceptions; scope of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or restrict: (1) The practice of a profession by individuals who are licensed, certified, or registered under the laws of this State who are performing services within their authorized s…

[§455-10] Remedies or penalties cumulative. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this State. [L 1986, c 76, §4]

§455-11 Discipline; grounds; proceedings; hearings. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the board shall have the power to deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license to practice naturopathic medicine applied for or issued by the board in accordance w…

[§455-13] Revocation of license or denial of application to renew, restore, or reinstate a license based on conviction requiring registration as a sex offender; conditions. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board shall automatically revoke a license or deny an appl…

§455-2 Licensing application and requirements; fees. (a) Any person desiring to practice naturopathic medicine shall be licensed under this chapter. To obtain a license under this chapter, a person shall submit a completed application prescribed by the board; provide the informat…

§455-3 Education requirements. Each applicant shall be a graduate of a school, university, or college of naturopathic medicine that has received candidacy status with, or has been accredited by, a regional or a national accrediting body recognized by the United States Department …

§455-4 State board of naturopathic medicine. The governor shall appoint the board of naturopathic medicine, consisting of five members. Each member shall serve until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. Three members of the board, before appointment, shall have been…

§455-6 Powers and authority of the board. In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board may: (1) Adopt and use a seal to be affixed to all official acts of the board; (2) Adopt, amend, or repeal rules in accordance with chapter 91 to carry out the purpos…

§455-7 Examination requirements. (a) The board shall specify the examination for licensure in its rules. (b) The board shall contract with a professional testing agency to prepare, administer, and grade each part of the examination for licensure. Each applicant shall pass the exa…

§455-8 License to practice; biennial registration; continuing education. (a) Licenses to practice naturopathic medicine shall be issued by the board to those who qualify according to this chapter. Naturopathic physicians licensed under this chapter shall observe and be subject to…

[§455-8.4] Public health emergency; temporary and limited license for licensed out-of-state naturopathic physicians. (a) If a public health emergency or disaster condition is declared by the governor, the board shall allow naturopathic physicians licensed in another state to prov…

§455-9 Penalty. Any person except a licensed naturopathic physician who practices, attempts to practice, or advertises the practice of naturopathic medicine, or any person who buys, sells, or fraudulently obtains any diploma or license to practice naturopathic medicine whether re…

§456-1 Commission; renewal. (a) The attorney general may, in the attorney general's discretion, commission the number of notaries public for the State that the attorney general deems necessary for the public good and convenience. The term of commission of a notary public shall be…

[§456-1.5] Powers and duties of the attorney general. In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the attorney general shall have all powers necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, including, without limitation, the following powers: …

§456-1.6 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by a person before a notary public that the person has signed a document for the purpose stated in the document and, if the document is signed in a represent…

§456-10 Duties, by mercantile usage. It shall be a notary public's duty, when requested, to enter on record all losses or damages sustained or apprehended, by sea or land, and also all averages, and such other matters as, by mercantile usage, appertain to the notary's office, and…

§456-11 Protests; negotiable paper. All facts, extracts from documents, and circumstances, so noted, shall be signed and sworn to by all the persons appearing to protest. The notary public shall note, extend, and record the protest so made; and shall grant authenticated copies th…

§456-12 Protest, evidence of what. The protest of any foreign or inland bill of exchange, or promissory note or order, duly certified by any notary public, under the notary's hand and official seal, shall be legal evidence of the facts stated in the protest, as to the same, and a…

§456-13 May administer oath. Every notary public may administer oaths in all cases in which oaths are by law authorized or required to be taken or administered, or in which the administering of an oath may be proper. All oaths administered before June 23, 1888, by notaries public…

§456-14 Authority to perform notarial act; notary public connected with a corporation or trust company. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b): (1) A notary public may perform a notarial act authorized by this chapter or by the laws of this State; and (2) It shall be …

§456-15 Journal; copies as evidence. (a) A notary public shall maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs. The notary public shall retain the journal for ten years after the performance of the last notarial act chron…

§456-17 Fees. Subject to section 456-18, every notary public is entitled to demand and receive the following fees: (1) For noting the protest of mercantile paper, $5; (2) For each notice and certified copy of protest, $5; (3) For noting any other protest, $5; (4) For every notice…

§456-18 Notaries in government service. Except as otherwise provided for by law, the head of every department (which term as used in this chapter includes any department, board, commission, bureau, or establishment of the United States, or of the State, or any political subdivisi…

§456-19 Notary public signing for disabled person. A notary public may sign the name of a person physically unable to sign or to make a mark on a document presented for notarization; provided that the notary public is satisfied that the person has voluntarily given consent for th…

§456-2 Qualifications; oath. Every person commissioned as a notary public shall, at the time of the person's commission, be a resident of the State, possess the other qualifications required of a notary public and be at least eighteen years of age. Every person, prior to being co…

§456-20 Failure to verify identity and signature. (a) A person commits the offense of failure to verify identity if the person is a commissioned notary public and knowingly notarizes a document and if a witness to the signing of the instrument, fails to verify the identity of the…

§456-21 Failure to authenticate with a certification statement. (a) A person commits the offense of failure to authenticate with a certification statement if the person is a commissioned notary public and knowingly performs a notarial act with respect to a document and fails to i…

[§456-22] Authority to refuse to perform notarial act. (a) A notary public may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notary public is not satisfied that: (1) The person executing the document is competent or has the capacity to execute the document; (2) The person's signature i…

[§456-23] Notarial act performed for remotely located individual. (a) A remotely located individual may comply with any law requiring the individual to appear personally before, or be in the presence of, a notary public at the time of the performance of a notarial act by using co…

[§456-24] Remote online notaries public; application; qualifications. (a) A notary public or an applicant for commission as a notary public may apply to the attorney general to be commissioned as a remote online notary public in the manner provided by this section. (b) A person q…

[§456-25] Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of technology; acceptance of tangible copy of electronic record. (a) A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic…

[§456-26] Validity of notarial acts. Except as otherwise provided in section 456-14(b), the failure of a notary public to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter does not validate or invalidate a notarial act performed by the notary public. The validity of …

[§456-27] Relation to the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, title 15 United States Code section 7001, et seq., but does not modify…

§456-3 Seal. Every notary public shall constantly keep a rubber stamp notary seal which shall clearly show, when stamped or impressed upon a tangible document or when attached to or logically associated with an electronic document, only the notary public's name, the notary public…

§456-4 Filing copy of commission; authentication of acts. (a) Each person commissioned as a notary public under this chapter shall forthwith file a literal or photostatic copy of the person's commission, an impression of the person's tangible seal, and a specimen of the person's …

§456-5 Official bond. Each notary public forthwith and before entering upon the duties of the notary public's commission shall execute, at the notary public's own expense, an official surety bond which shall be in the sum of $1,000. Each bond shall be approved by a judge of the c…

§456-6 Liabilities; limitations on; official bond. (a) In the performance of a notarial act, a notary public's liability shall be limited to a failure by the notary public to perform properly the actions required for the jurat, acknowledgment, or other notarial acts. The notary p…

§456-7 Unauthorized practice as a notary public. (a) A person commits the offense of unauthorized practice as a notary public if the person knowingly engages in or offers to engage in any duties of a notary public without first complying with all of the following: (1) Being commi…

§456-8 Rules. The attorney general, subject to chapter 91, may prescribe such rules as the attorney general deems advisable concerning the administration of this chapter, the commission and duties of notaries public, and any measures as may be necessary to prevent the fraudulent …

§456-9 Fees and administrative fines. (a) The attorney general shall charge and collect the following fees for: (1) Issuing the original commission, $40; (2) Renewing the commission, $40; and (3) Electronic processing service fees of up to ten per cent of the amount of the transa…

§456-9.5 Notaries public special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the notaries public special fund into which shall be deposited: (1) All fees, administrative fines, charges, or other payments received pursuant to section 456-9; (2) Penalties and fines for vio…

§457-1 Purpose. In order to safeguard life and health, any person practicing or offering to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse, a registered nurse, or a licensed practical nurse in this State for compensation shall be required to submit evidence that the person is …

[§457-1.5] Practice of nursing. (a) Nursing is a scientific process founded on a body of professional knowledge. It is a learned profession based on an understanding of the human condition across the lifespan of a client and the relationship of a client with others and within the…