The Complementary Medicine Association (Ltd) is one of the largest and longest established associations in Australia dedicated to representing professional Naturopaths to Governments, Health funds, Insurance Companies and the Public.
Some of CMA’s main objects are:
- To ensure members are adequately qualified to practice
- To encourage Continuing Practice Education (CPE)
- To ensure they maintain professional indemnity insurance
- To enforce a suitable code of ethics & by-laws
- To ensure professional standards of practice and clinical amenity
- To oversee the servicing of health fund benefits to patients
- To safeguard patient’s interest wherever possible
- To handle patient complaints
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