Legal status of ozone therapy

Around the world

There are already 14 countries where ozone therapy has been regulated throughout the country or in parts of it:

• Greece (1991 and 2014) — the first country in the world to regulate ozone therapy.
• Ukraine (2001 and 2014) — the second country to regulate it.
• Italy (2003, 2007 and 2009).
• China (2005).
• Russia (2005 and 2007).
• Spain (between 2007 and 2012) — 15 autonomous communities.
• Cuba (2009 and 2015).
• Sultanate of Oman (2010).
• United Arab Emirates (2011) — Dubai City.
• Portugal (2013–2014).
• Turkey (2014).
• Brazil (2015, 2018 and 2020) — Dentistry (2015), Medicine (2018), Veterinary (2020).
• Mexico (2018) — one state.
• Venezuela (2020).

Roberto Quintero and Adriana Schwartz — respectively legal advisor and president of Aepromo — have systematically analysed the legal situation of this medical therapy in different countries. Their research was carried out with a dual purpose:

1. That ozone therapists, with valid legal and scientific tools, can work towards proper regulation in their countries.
2. That health authorities regularise the practice on the basis that it is a medical act and a complementary therapy.

In Ireland

Evelyn's Medical Care has among its main objectives to work so that ozone therapy is duly regulated in Ireland. Internationally, through IMEOF (International Medical Ozone Federation) — of which Aepromo is a founding member — the association contributes scientifically and legally to the proper regulation of this therapy.

Further reading

• Ozone Therapy Global Journal (formerly Revista Española de Ozonoterapia), Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012.
• 2nd updated and extended edition (ISCO3), May 2015.