National regulations

The extent to which countries have established a statutory regulation of homeopathy and how such regulation is performed varies widely. Some countries have government-administered regulations or laws about the practice of CAM in general, some regulate specific CAM therapies such as homeopathy, while still others have no regulation at all.

Homeopathy as a distinct therapeutic system is recognised by law in several countries. In some countries where the government delegates the tasks of authorisation, registration and supervision of health professionals to the national medical associations, statutory regulation has been introduced by the national medical associations.

In some other countries the national medical associations have recognised homeopathy as a distinct medical method and have called on the government to provide the necessary legislation.

The current regulatory status of homeopathy in the various European countries can be accessed by clicking on the map of Europe below and then on the individual country.