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Plan to deregulate Chinese medicine in B.C. sparks outcry
The new Health Professions and Occupations Act will allow unlicensed practitioners to prescribe traditional Chinese herbal medicine, raising public health and professional integrity concerns.
- Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in B.C. are protesting planned deregulation that would allow unlicensed practitioners to prescribe and dispense herbal medicine, citing public health risks.
- Patient Tom Whitfield, who uses traditional Chinese medicine, said he "would not trust care, or herbal medication, from an unlicensed practitioner" as the medicine could be unsafe.
- Dr. John Yang, a licensed practitioner, said removing regulation "could endanger public health while undermining the integrity and credibility of the profession" as formal training is required to properly prescribe herbs.
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'Would you dare take it?': Plan to deregulate Chinese medicine in B.C. sparks outcry
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