- Which training programs meet natural medicine facilitator licensure requirements?
To qualify for licensure as a Facilitator, Clinical Facilitator, or a Training License, an applicant must complete a facilitator training program that has been certified by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, DIvision of Professions and Occupations.
- What is required to apply for certification as an Approved Facilitator Training Program?
Application materials must include:
- Course outlines for every training hour along with an explanation of how that course meets one of the course requirements described in this Natural Medicine rules
- Proposed program requirements for students to complete their practicum requirements
- If the education program intends to offer consultation for newly-licensed facilitators, the application must also address the training program’s plan to satisfy consultation requirements
- The time period within which students must complete the proposed training program
- How many hours of instruction is an Approved Facilitator Training Program required to offer?
Approved Facilitator Training Programs must offer coursework of at least 150 hours on the following topics:
- Facilitator Best Practices (5 hours)
- Ethics and Colorado Natural Medicine Rules and Regulations (25 hours)
- Relation Boundaries and Introduction to Physical Touch (10 hours)
- Physical and Mental Health and State (25 hours)
- Drug Effects, Contraindications, and Interactions (5 hours)
- Introduction to Trauma Informed Care (10 hours)
- Introduction to Suicide Risk (5 hours)
- Indigenous, Social, and Cultural Considerations (10 hours)
- Screening (5 hours)
- Preparation (10 hours)
- Administration (10 hours)
- Integration (10 hours)
- Group Facilitation (10 hours)
- Facilitator Development and Self-Care (10 hours)
These hours and topics are minimum requirements. A program may offer additional modules or hours of instruction.
