CNRI.EDU Iridology Course Handbook 2009/2010
Repeating Iridology Course
Students who do not fulfill their curriculum plan obligations before the maximum allotted course duration which is currently one year may re-apply for active student status.
Accepted re-applicants will receive one more years of course development upon submission of an additional tuition fee amounting to 50% of the current CNRI.EDU Iridology course tuition fee.
Academic Status
The students academic status can be requested by the student by contacting the CNRI-IITI by email and making the request for personal academic transcripts. The student can also log into their private on-line student status account located on the CNRI Web server and view their academic status as well as other various account information.
Iridology Course Withdrawal
A student withdrawing the CNRI.EDU Iridology course who already has paid the full course tuition will receive a tuition refund limited to the following time restraints:
30 Days - Full tuition refund minus 25%
30-60 Days - Full tuition refund minus 50%
60-90 Days - Full tuition refund minus 75%
90-120 Days Plus - No Tuition Refund Issued.
Materials included in the CNRI.EDU Iridology course are not to be returned if student withdraws from course.
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Course Time Requirements
Question: How many hours per week must the student apply to their Iridology studies?
Time requirements for the Full Iridology Certification & Registration is maximum 1 year. If a student does not fulfill their course level and examination requirements in the time allotted, they must re-apply if they wish to continue the CNRI Iridology course.
Re-applicants will receive one more year of course development upon submission of an additional tuition fee amounting to 50% of the current CNRI Iridology course tuition fee.
Healing Arts Search Library
Search Iridology Research Abstracts, Iridology Case Studies, and other Healing Art Reference Modalities including Homeopathy, North American Native Herbs, Nutrition, Chinese Prepared Medicines, East Indian & North American Materia Metica, Ayurvedic Healing!
Each search topic lists information about author, book, page number and therapy reference which can also be cross-referenced against all other healing arts.
Course Prerequisites
CNRI.EDU Iridology courses are chiefly designed for Healing Art Professionals who have already obtained College/University level diploma. The greatest percentage of CNRI-IITI students accepted consist of diverse Healing Art Professions including: N.D., M.D., O.M.D., N.M.D., D.O, D.C, M.H., D.A.C., R.N., R.N.C., Ph.D., M.Sc., B.A.
CNRI.EDU will not approve applications of individuals who are not Healing Art Professionals or who do not have College/University anatomy & physiology or diversified courses in the life sciences.
Special provisional admission with conditions may be granted to individuals who do not meet Iridology course prerequisites but show a high academic standard in other fields. This provision must be approved by CNRI.EDU Faculty.
Faculty - Student Communications
Question: What mediums of communication between CNRI.EDU Faculty and students exist?
Answer: CNRI students communicate directly via email to the CNRI.EDU Registrar or other CNRI.EDU Faculty or Advisors. Live phone calls are available by appointment. Please contact 1-202-470-0537
Course Admissions & Enrollment
CNRI-IITI Iridology course tuition fees are payable during any day of the year in exception to regular national holidays. Enrollment is usually completed within 24 hours which includes the activation of on-line student account. The student can begin their studies immediately.
Shipping of Course Material
The student may apply for leave of absence for personal or family related illness or other serious established necessity. A letter of written request for leave of absence must be submitted to the CNRI-IITI Registrar. Students may re-enter course training at the point of course time frame and course progression prior to leave. Students can be granted a maximum of one year leave of absence.
CNRI.EDU Email Accounts
CNRI.EDU students have the opportunity to apply for a "@cnri.edu" email address.
Student can utilize the CNRI.EDU email server as a regular email account or have the CNRI.EDU email account forward their email to any of their original email accounts. For example, if your current email was joe@hotmail.com, CNRI.EDU can forward the joe@cnri.edu to the Hotmail account so you do not have to make any email software adjustments.
CNRI Iridology Course Materials
Question: How is the CNRI-IITI Iridology Course evaluation process conducted?
Answer: Students must successfully pass an examination for each course level with a grade level of 75% or above. There are currently fifteen course levels with 15 level examinations and one final exam to be taken by student.
All course level exams must be successfully completed before certification is awarded.
CNRI Iridology Course Certification
Students who successfully complete the Advanced Iridology Course will be awarded the Registered CNRI-IITI Iridologist Diploma – R.Irid.
Question: What kind of certification and registration does CNRI.EDU offer and who recognizes certified Iridologists?
Answer: CNRI.EDU is an Educational Research Institute Non-Profit Corporation. Currently, there is no official governing body in Iridology in North America who has obtained Government license or any type of accredited approval in Iridology education.. CNRI.EDU is affiliated with several Iridology Educational Institutions throughout the world, who along with CNRI.EDU are contemporaneously working toward the standardization of Iridology education world-wide.
CNRI.EDU Iridology courses are respected and recognized by several world-wide healing art institutions. Numerous graduate students from CNRI.EDU have successfully transferred CNRI.EDU course credits to other Educational Institutions offering degrees in the Healing Arts. CNRI.EDU is setting the standard for Iridological education world-wide!
Davinci College of Natural Medicine is a highly recommended college who has acheived various accreditations and offers Iridology courses from Prof. Bryan K. Marcia, Ph.D. If you are interested in getting a diploma for not only Iridology, Davinci College of Natural Medicine offers a wide range of Healing Art Course Modules. More information can be found at the Davinci College of Natural Medicine website: Davinci College of Natural Medicine Live
Standard Certification and Registration Mini-FAQ
Excerpt from "Legal Guidelines for Unlicensed Practitioners" by Dr. Lawrence Wilson.
LICENSING
A license is a permission to do something that otherwise is forbidden. In most cases, a license is required or mandatory for engaging in that activity. For instance, a drivers license is considered mandatory to drive a car on the public roads. An exception is that a house may be built by someone who is not a licensed contractor.
A license is given by the government, and is a government privilege. It therefore presumes that the activity in question is a privilege, not a right. The privilege may be bestowed by the federal, state or local government.
A license involves the police power of the state. That is, if one violates the licensing law, either by acting without a license, or failing to uphold the rules governing the license privilege, one is subject to prosecution under the civil or criminal laws of the governing body.
The purpose of licensing, whether admitted or not, is to restrict entry and control a profession or activity.
CERTIFICATION
Certification is a statement or declaration that one has completed a course of study, passed an examination, or otherwise met specified criteria for certification.
Certification is not a permission to act, but rather a statement of completion or qualification.
Certification is a private matter, issued by a private organization. It does not involve the police power of the state, and is not a state privilege.
Certification is based on the premise that there is a right to work. Certification only provides the consumer with more information about a practitioner. It also gives practitioners a way to increase their competency through a course of study and exams, and to advertise or inform others of their completion of this course of study.
The purpose of certification is mainly to set standards, educate practitioners and inform the public. It may, however, be used to control entry if combined with state laws. See the section below on 'combinations'.
REGISTRATION
Registration is similar to certification. Dietitians, for example, are registered in most states. The registering organization, the American Dietetic Association, is a private group. The government is not involved. Information in this chapter regarding certification applies to registration as well.
IMPLICATIONS OF LICENSING VERSUS CERTIFICATION
Licensing presumes that an activity is forbidden until it is permitted through a license. Certification presumes that an activity is permitted by right. It presumes a right to work. In chapter 9, it will be explained that this is a negative right to work. This means that one is not automatically provided with a job. Rather it means that one cannot be denied the opportunity to seek work.
Licensing increases the power of the government. The powers to decide whom to consult for services shifts from the consumer to a government licensing board. By the same degree to which it empowers the government, licensing decreases the power of the individual consumer. Certification empowers the consumer, not the government.
Licensing restricts entry into a particular field of activity. Certification does not restrict entry at all. It merely informs and distinguishes those who have completed courses or examinations pertaining to a field of work.
Licensing provides a method of strict control of the behavior of those in particular field of activity. If the licensees do not follow prescribed rules, they risk loss of the ability to work at all. Certification may be used for control. However, it is more limited. If those who are certified do not follow certain rules, certification may be withdrawn. However, they may still practice their trade, albeit without certification.
COMBINATIONS
Certain groups, such as the acupuncturists, have a national certifying agency. Many wish that state governments would pass laws stating that only acupuncturists certified by this national group are allowed to practice.
This amounts to a license. It restricts who can practice, it involves the police power of the state, and it takes away the power of choice from the consumer. The national organization basically becomes the licensing board in a shared private/government agreement.
With this arrangement, the private certifying group will lose power to the government. For if the government does not like what the private group is doing, they will repeal their state law.
I hope the acupuncturists reading this text see the folly of involving the government to limit the practice of acupuncture.
SUMMARY
The definitions, features and implications of licensing and certification are summarized in the following chart for quick reference.
LICENSING
A permission to perform an activity.
Generally is mandatory to perform the activity Involves the police power of the government.
Presumes that working in the particular field of activity is a privilege. Establishment of licensing shifts the activity from a right to privilege. The privilege is given and may be withdrawn at any time by the issuing agency.
Increases the power of government, and reduces the power of the individual consumer.
The purpose is to restrict entry and strictly control the profession or activity.
CERTIFICATION
A statement of completion or meeting a standard.
Voluntary.
Does not involve the police power of the state.
Presumes that working the field is a right.
Certification may be withdrawn at any time by the issuing agency. However, this does not stop one from working.
Preserves and enhances the power of the individual consumer to decide upon the practitioner of his choice.
The purpose is mainly to inform and educate.
