New Mexico Register / Volume XXIX,
Issue 1 / January 16, 2018
PUBLIC
RULE HEARING
The New Mexico Board of Nursing (NMBON) will
hold a Rules Hearing on Thursday, March 1, 2018. The Rules Hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. The Rules Hearing will be held at The
Cottonwood at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and
Spa, located at 1300 Tuyuna Trail, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004.
Statutory
authority for this rulemaking can be found in Section 61-3-10 et seq. NMSA
1978.
The purpose of the Rules Hearing is to
hear public testimony and comments regarding the proposed amendments to the
Board’s rules and regulations:
Title
16 Occupational and Professional Licensing, Chapter 12 Nursing and Health Care
Related Providers - Part 2 Nurse Licensure.
Title
16 Occupational and Professional Licensing, Chapter 12 Nursing and Health Care
Related Providers - Part 9 Management of Chronic Pain with Controlled
Substances.
No specific technical information serves
as a basis for this proposed rule.
The proposed rule changes to Title 16
Occupational and Professional Licensing, Chapter 12 Nursing and Health Care
Related Providers - Part 2 Nurse Licensure amend the language of the regulation
as follows:
(1) to alter the NCLEX attempt limits for
individuals desiring licensure through examination in New Mexico from eight (8)
times in two (2) years to three (3) times in three (3) years, and eliminating
the option of completing a remediation plan;
(2) to add
language defining the registered nurse’s role and responsibilities during the
administration of medication for the purposes of procedural sedation and
analgesia; and
(3) to clarify
the continuing education requirements for advanced practice nurses around
non-cancer pain management to allow for the inclusion of educational offerings
that include non-pharmacological modalities.
The proposed rule changes to Title 16
Occupational and Professional Licensing, Chapter 12 Nursing and Health Care
Related Providers - Part 9 Management of Chronic Pain with Controlled
Substances amends the language of the regulation to broaden the continuing
education requirements around non-cancer pain management to include the option
of non-pharmacological modalities.
Persons desiring to view the proposed
amendments to the rules may download them from http://nmbon.sks.com/rule-changes.aspx. If you do not have internet access, a copy of
the proposed rules may be requested by contacting the NMBON at (505) 841-9094.
Witten comments may be submitted via
email to BON.Legal@state.nm.us.
If submitting comments via email, specify in the subject line the following: NMBON
Public Comments. Written comments may
also be filed by sending original, signed copies to:
New Mexico
Board of Nursing
ATTN: NMBON
Public Comments
6301 Indian
School Road, NE, Suite 710
Albuquerque,
NM 87110
Persons wishing to submit written
comments regarding the proposed rules should submit them to the Board office no
later than Thursday, February 22, 2018. Written
comments will be given the same consideration as oral testimony made at the
public hearing. All written comments
must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. MST, February 22, 2018.
If you are a person with a disability
and you require this information in an alternative format or require a special
accommodation to participate in the public hearing, please contact the NMBON at
(505) 841-9094. The NMBON requests at
least ten (10) days advance notice to provide requested alternative formats and
special accommodations.