New Mexico Register / Volume XXI, Number 12 / June 30, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE

Public Rule Hearing and Regular Board Meeting

The New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine will hold a Rule Hearing on Friday, August 20, 2010. Following the Rule Hearing the New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine will convene a regular meeting to adopt the rules and take care of regular business. The New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Rule Hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. and the Regular Meeting will convene following the rule hearing. The meetings will be held at the Regulation and Licensing Department, Toney Anaya Building located at the West Capitol Complex, 2550 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The purpose of the rule hearing is to consider adoption of proposed amendments and additions to the following Board Rules and Regulations in 16.2.1 NMAC -General Provisions; 16.2.2 NMAC – Scope of Practice; 16.2.3 NMAC – Application for Licensure; 16.2.4 NMAC – Examinations; 16.2.5 NMAC – Temporary Licensing; 16.2.6 NMAC – Reciprocal Licensing; 16.2.7 NMAC – Educational Programs; 16.2.8 NMAC – License Renewal; 16.2.9 NMAC – Continuing Education; 16.2.10 NMAC – Fees; 16.2.11 NMAC – Licensee Business Offices and Administrative Requirements; 16.2.12 NMAC – Grounds for Denial; 16.2.13 NMAC – Complaint and Disciplinary Procedures; 16.2.14 NMAC – Externships; 16.2.15 NMAC – Inactive License; 16.2.16 NMAC - Auricular Detoxification; 16.2.17 NMAC – Licensure by Endorsement; 16.2.19 NMAC – Expanded Practice Certifications; 16.2.20 NMAC – Expanded Practice Formulary

Persons desiring to present their views on the proposed rules may write to request draft copies from the Board office at the Toney Anaya Building located at the West Capitol Complex, 2550 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504, or call (505) 476-4630 after July 16, 2010. In order for the Board members to review the comments in their meeting packets prior to the meeting, persons wishing to make comments regarding the proposed rules must present them to the Board Office in writing no later than August 6, 2010. Persons wishing to present their comments at the hearing will need (10) copies of any comments or proposed changes for distribution to the Board and staff.

If you have questions, or if you are an individual with a disability who wishes to attend the hearing or meeting, but you need a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to participate, please call the Board office at (505) 476-4630 at least two weeks prior to the meeting or as soon as possible.