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Natural Medicine Regulation

The licensing and regulation of natural medicines in Colorado falls under two state agencies: the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) and the Department of Revenue (DOR).

  • DORA will regulate and license facilitators of natural medicine services.
  • DOR will license and regulate natural medicine businesses – healing centers, cultivations, manufacturers, and testing facilities, and their owners and employees.
     
DORA and DOR have started the rulemaking process to implement SB23-290: Natural Medicine Regulation and Legalization, which Gov. Jared Polis signed into law in May 2023. Rulemaking meetings are open to the public and are designed to develop rules (or regulations) for natural medicine use in Colorado. 
 
You may sign up here to be alerted by email whenever a draft proposed rule or amendment to an existing rule is submitted for review. You will also be notified of upcoming Stakeholder meetings and Rulemaking hearings for the professions and occupations to which you subscribe. The information entered on this form will remain confidential and only will be used to send DPO Rulemaking Notices.  
 
For information about licenses for healing centers, cultivations, manufacturers, or testing labs, contact the Department of Revenue at: DOR_NaturalMedicine@state.co.us or visit the web page DOR's Natural Medicine website

For information about facilitator training, licensing, or the Natural Medicine Advisory Board, contact the Department of Regulatory Agencies at: dora_natural_medicine@state.co.us

Booklet - Regulated Natural Medicine Services

Please See These Additional Guides:

Unlicensed Practice     Facilitator Endorsement

Program Information

Training Programs

Natural Medicine Program - Approved Training Programs

 

Acadia Professional Learning LLC
Acadia Professional Learning
Portland, OR
acadiaprofessional.com
(503) 963-7913
Didactic - Yes
Practicum training - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Bodhi Academy Psychedelic Facilitator Training
Boulder, Colorado
https://bodhi-academy.com
(720) 372-1158
Didactic - Yes
Practicum training - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Center for Medicinal Mindfulness
Medicinal Mindfulness Academy
Boulder, CO
www.medicinalmindfulness.academy
720-440-1067
Practicum - Yes
Didactic - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Ceremonia Edu
Ceremonia Facilitator Training
8280 Queen St.
Arvada, CO 80005
www.ceremoniacircle.org
720-460-1630‬
Practicum - Yes
Didactic - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Changa Institute
Changa Institute
15875 Boones Ferry Rd. 
Suite #1353 
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
www.changainstitute.com
970-904-0071
Didactic - Yes
Practicum training - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Elemental Psychedelics
Elemental Psychedelics
171 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
elementalpsychedelics.com
(970) 818-8346
Didactic - Yes
Practicum - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Entheogen Institute
Ashland, OR
https://www.entheotraining.com
541-690-4786 
Practicum - Yes
Didactic - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Fluence International, Inc.
132 W 169th St
Bronx, NY 10452
https://www.fluencetraining.com/
917-719-1079
Practicum - Yes
Didactic - Yes
Consultation - Available 2025

 

InnerTrek LLC
InnerTrek Center for Psilocybin Services
11 NE Martin Luther King Blvd
Unit 601
Portland, OR 97232
innertrek.org
Didactic – Yes
Practicum – Yes
Consultation – Available 2025

 

Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI)
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Program
7102 La Vista Pl
Ste 100
Niwot CO 80503
psychiatryinstitute.com
(303) 260-9685
Didactic training - Yes
Practicum training - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Memoru
Boulder, CO
memoru.com
Didactic - Yes
Practicum training - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

Numinus
250 – 997 Seymour St
Vancouver, BC V6B 3M1
https://numinus.com/
1-833-686-4687
Didactic - Yes
Practicum - Yes
Consultation - Yes
 

SoundMind Institute
SoundMind Institute Psychedelic Facilitator Training Program
555 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Suite 105
Portland, OR 97214
soundmind.institute/institute
(971) 290-2357
Didactic - Yes
Practicum - Yes
Consultation - Yes

 

The Resurgence Training Institute, Inc.
1824 W 47th St
Chicago, IL 60609-3842
https://www.synthesisinstitute.com/home
(800) 927-9800
Didactic - Yes
Practicum - Available 2025
Consultation - Yes

Program/Board Member/Working Group

Lorey Bratten, Program Director

Email:  dora_natural_medicine@state.co.us

 

Natural Medicine Advisory Board

Full Board

Lundi Ramos, MA, LPC, Chair
Representative of Mental Health and Behavioral Health Providers and Disparities in Access to Health Care Services Among Different Communities l Term expires January 31, 2027

Ricardo Baca
Representative of Traditional Indigenous Use and Public Health, Drug Policy, and Harm Reduction l Term expires January 31, 2027

Wendy Buxton-Andrade
Representative of Levels and Disparities in Access to Health Care Services Among Different Communities l Term expires January 31, 2029

Dr. Sofia Chavez, DNM
Representative of Traditional and Indigenous Use and Religious Use of Natural Medicine l Term expires January 31, 2029

Dr. Bradley Conner, PhD
Representative of Natural Medicine Therapy, Medicine and Research and Public Health, Drug Policy and Harm Reduction l Term expires January 31, 2029

William Dunn NRP, FP-C
Representative of Emergency Medical Services and Services Provided by First Responders l Term expires January 31, 2029

Dr. Tina Gonzales, PhD 
Representative of Health Care Insurance and Health Care Policy, Past Criminal Justice Reform
Efforts in Colorado, and Disparities in Access to Healthcare Services Among Different Communities l Term expires January 31, 2029

Dr. Alisa Hannum, PhD
Representative of Mental and Behavioral Health Providers and Issues Confronting Veterans l Term expires January 31, 2027

Stacie Loucks
Representative of Permitted Organization Criteria l Term expires January 31, 2027

Sheriff David Lucero
Representative of Past Criminal Justice Reform in Colorado l Term expires January 31, 2027

Dr. Alessio Luinetti
Representative of Issues Confronting Veterans l Term expires January 31, 2027

Skippy Upton Mesirow
Representative of Permitted Organization Criteria I Term expires January 31, 2029

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD
Representative of Traditional Indigenous Use and Religious Use l Term expires January 31, 2027

Dr. Sue Sisley, MD
Representative of Mycology and Natural Medicine Cultivation l Term expires January 31, 2027

Billy Wynne, JD
Representative of Health Care Insurance and Healthcare Policy and Public Health, Drug Policy and Harm Reduction l Term expires January 31, 2029

 

Natural Medicine Advisory Board Combined Subcommittee

Dr. Bradley Thomas Conner
William Dunn
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Dr. Tina R Gonzales
Dr. Suzanne Arlene Sisley
Skippy Leigh Upton Mesirow
Stacie Loucks


Federally Recognized American Tribes and Indigenous Community Working Group

Tom Allen - Arvada, Colorado  - Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma, Northern Arapaho
Daniel Castro - Boulder, Colorado  - Mestizo Kichwa from Ecuador
Sherrill Katsi Cook Barreiro  - Akwesasne, New York - St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
Frank Dayish, Former Vice President Navajo Nation- Gallup, New Mexico  - Navajo Nation (Diné)
Belinda P. Eriacho, MPH|MT - Tempe, Arizona -  Navajo Nation (Diné)
Dr. Santiago Ivan Guerra - Colorado Springs, Colorado - Coahuiltecan and Chicano
Terry G. Knight, Sr. - Towaoc, Colorado - Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Marlena Robbins - Berkeley, California -  Navajo Nation (Diné)
Councilman, Darwin Whiteman Jr. - Towaoc, Colorado - Ute Mountain Ute Tribe  

Public Notice

All Board and Subcommittee meetings are noticed on the calendar on the right side of this page

To learn more about the rulemaking process

Legislative Updates
 Meeting Minutes

Natural Medicine Advisory Board

Combined Subcommittee

Federally Recognized American Tribes and Indigenous Community Working Group

Forms Subcommittee