This petition is intended to stop Britt Marie Hermes from spreading miscommunication, slander and defamatory harassment of licensed naturopathic physicians. The public deserves to choose to receive exemplary medical care from licensed naturopathic physicians.

Britt Marie Hermes is a naturopathic physician who briefly practiced medicine in the United States before locating to Germany. Upon relocation she has devoted all of her energy and resources to defaming the profession, often singling out specific naturopathic physicians and violating many US libel laws. However, as a German resident she is exempt from prosecution, thus not allowing any legal ramifications for her actions. Recently she posted a Change.org petition that seems to be confusing licensed naturopathic physicians with other types of alternative medicine providers in non-licensed states, who (because those states don't have licensing for naturopathic physicians) can call themselves naturopaths with little or no medical training. This petition misrepresents and defames licensed and trained naturopathic physicians.

Additionally, many believe Ms. Hermes is possibly receiving compensation to work against the naturopathic profession under the guise of a trained naturopathic physician, which misrepresents her financial motivations.

Licensed naturopathic physicians attend a 4-year accredited medical school program with all the same core classes as any medical school in the United States. Naturopathic physicians are classified as primary care providers (PCPs) in licensed states, have prescriptive rights in licensed states, are reimbursed by insurance providers in licensed states and can order life saving labs, imaging or perform many other diagnostic exams.

For more info see the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians at www.naturopathic.org

Additionally, the website www.brittmariehermes.com has been compiled to allow links to credible information on the training and scope of the practice of licensed naturopathic physicians.