Table 1.

Types of occupational regulation that apply to the naturopathy profession, by who region and member state⁶

WHO region	No occupational regulation, licensure or registration identified	Voluntary certification	Type of occupational regulation
			Coregulation	Negative licensing	Statutory registration/ occupational licensing
African Region	Angola, Kenya, Mauritius Zambia	None identified	None identified	None identified	Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Region of the Americas	Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Virgin Islands	Bermuda, Brazil, Canada*, U*SA, Uruguay	Brazil	None identified	Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, USA
Eastern Mediterranean Region	Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar	None identified	None identified	None identified	Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
European Region	Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine	Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK	Norway, UK	None identified	Albania, Cyprus, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland
South-East Asia Region	Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand	None identified	None identified	None identified	India, Nepal
Western Pacific Region	Cambodia, China, Fiji, Japan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Vanuatu, Viet Nam	Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand	Australia	Australia	Cook Islands, Malaysia, Samoa

*Voluntary certification regimens are present in some provinces (Canada) and States (USA) when occupational licensing or statutory registration is absent.