Section 3.03 - Licensure Eligibility(1) All applicants must be at least 18 years of age, of good moral character and possess a baccalaureate degree, or higher, from an accredited educational institution, or its equivalent, as determined by the Board.(2)Eligibility by Examination. Applicants for licensure by examination must: (a) Graduate from, and hold a doctor of naturopathic medicine or doctor of naturopathy degree from, a naturopathic education program that is either:1. A Board-approved naturopathic medical college, provided that the applicant completed a minimum of 1200 hours of Board-approved clinical training before graduation, or2. A four-year naturopathic doctoral program located outside the United States, provided that such program is substantially equivalent to programs that meet the requirements in 273 CMR 3.03(2)(a)1.; and(b) Successfully pass a competency-based national naturopathic licensing examination approved by the Board.(3)Eligibility without Examination. Applicants for licensure without examination must: (a) Have graduated before 1987 and earned a doctor of naturopathic medicine or doctor of naturopathy from a four-year, in-residence naturopathic college or program that had at the time of the applicant's graduation the state-sanctioned authority to confer such a degree, and(b) Demonstrate an ability to practice naturopathic health care by submitting each of the following:1. Two letters of recommendation, which at least one shall be from a licensed N.D., M.D. or D.O.;2. Curriculum vitae or other documentation acceptable to the Board that demonstrates at least part time practice for the past ten years in health care;3. Documentation of completion of 50 hours of continuing education (CE) obtained during the past two years; and4. Essay describing the applicant's scope of practice.(4)Eligibility by Reciprocity. Applicants for licensure by reciprocity must possess a license in good standing as a naturopathic doctor in another jurisdiction in the United States that the Board determines to have eligibility requirements substantially equivalent to the requirements in 273 CMR 3.03(1) and (2).Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1468, eff. 4/29/2022.