ACCREDITATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

Natural Health Ministries Education Center is committed to transparent representation of its educational recognition, professional affiliations, and non-licensure status.

Accreditation, training-provider recognition, professional membership, individual board certification, and government licensure are separate forms of recognition. Each applies only within the scope identified by the issuing organization.

Professional Affiliations of the Founder

Min. Penny Lane Whittemore’s professional memberships and affiliations include:

• Diplomate Member — American Association of Natural Wellness Practitioners

• Diplomate Member — American Association of Nutritional Consultants

• Individual Member — Herbalists Without Borders

• Vice Chair and Secretary of the Board — Herbalists Without Borders 

• Chapter Volunteer Coordinator — Herbalists Without Borders, Natural Health Ministry of Madison County, Kentucky

• Individual Member — Christian Herbalist Guild

• Licensed and Ordained Minister

Institutional and Educational Status

Natural Health Ministries Education Center is:

• A private, faith-based educational institution

• Independently operated and governed

• An online provider of herbal and natural wellness education

• A non-licensure education center

NHMEC is not:

• A state college or university

• A medical school

• A healthcare licensing board

• A state-approved provider of medical licensure

• A government-recognized degree-granting institution

Educational and Non-Licensure Notice

Natural Health Ministries Education Center provides education only. NHMEC courses, certificates, diplomas, memberships, and educational recognitions do not grant medical licensure or authorize students or graduates to diagnose disease, prescribe treatment, practice medicine, or claim to treat, cure, or prevent disease.

Students and graduates are responsible for understanding and complying with the laws and professional requirements applicable in their own jurisdictions.