Minnesota Natural Health Legal Reform Project (MNHLRP)
The Minnesota Natural Health Legal Reform Project (MNHLRP), a 501c(4) grass roots consumer organization, was formed in 1996 to protect access to natural health care in Minnesota. MNHLRP was the driving force behind the passage of Chapter 146A, the Complementary and Alternative Health Freedom of Access Act, passed in 2000 by the Minnesota State Legislature.
That statute, Chapter 146A, is seen as a landmark piece of legislation that affirms the public's rights to access natural health information, products and, from unlicensed health care practitioners, the healing services of their choice. Many other states have followed Minnesota's lead and passed similar health freedom laws providing a "safe harbor" within which unlicensed practitioners can practice without fear of being charged with "practice of medicine without a license."
The full text of Minnesota Statute 146A can be found by going to the following web site (copy and paste it into your browser): https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/146A/full
Mission Statement of MNHLRP
MNHLRP’s mission is the the following:
To research laws and regulations affecting the public's access to the natural healing arts and to identify obstacles and barriers to accessing the kind of health care that we want.
To bring about legal and regulatory reforms so as to ensure our access to the healing methods and products that we want.
To bring about legal and regulatory reform law so as to ensure the rights of practitioners, both licensed and unlicensed, the right to practice natural, holsitic and innovative healing modlities and methods, thus asssuring that consumers have access to the full range of such health care.