• CAM-summaries
• CAM systematic reviews
• CAM and the law
  • Introduction
  • Legal overview
    • Who may treat sick people?
    • Who may provide CAM therapies?
    • Where is CAM legally regulated?
    • How are health personnel legally regulated?
    • How responsible professional conduct is defined and supervised?
    • How can CAM providers be "safe" without regulating them?
    • How patients are safeguarded when there is no regulation or registration?
    • Herbal products, legal regulation
    • Reimbursement, legal regulation
  • Regulation of medical practise
  • Regulation of herbal products
  • Legal regulation
• Prevalence of CAM use

Herbal products, legal regulation

The EU directives regulating the trade of herbal products are currently being incorporated into the national legislation of the European countries. The challenge for the countries is to implement similar legislation, thereby avoiding differences in the regulation of herbal products.