When there’s no license that says so. Or something.

A Village Voice article covers a campaign underway in New York State to restrict the title “Doctor of Naturopathy” to practitioners who hold four-year degrees “from an accredited naturopathic college.”

Among the issues:

* Would licensing make it easier, or harder, for people to make alternative healthcare decisions?

* Is this a power grab by one alt health faction or Altruism Embodied?

* Will licensing help the state find and bring to justice any malevolent alt health practitioners who might land on our fair shores?

* Will licensing pave the way for insurance reimbursements of alt health therapies?

Rochester’s Dale Volker is one of the state senators backing the bill.