New Mexico Register / Volume
XXX, Issue 23 / December 17, 2019
This is an amendment
to 16.2.19 NMAC, Sections 17 and 19, effective 1/4/2020.
16.2.19.17 TRANSITION PROVISIONS:
A. A doctor of
oriental medicine, previously certified for extended prescriptive authority
including prolotherapy, (Rx1) as of the effective date of this section, shall
be automatically certified for basic injection therapy and prolotherapy using
previously taught and appropriate injection routes and only substances listed
in Paragraph (1) of Subsection F of 16.2.20.8 NMAC under the provisions of [16.2.19.10]
16.2.19.11 NMAC.
B. A doctor of
oriental medicine, previously certified for the expanded prescriptive authority
(Rx2) as of the effective date of this section, shall be automatically
certified for:
(1) injection therapy under the provisions of [16.2.19.11]
16.2.19.12 NMAC basic injection therapy certification is
automatically superseded by injection therapy certification;
(2) intravenous
therapy under the provisions of [16.2.19.12] 16.2.19.13 NMAC; and
(3) bioidentical
hormone therapy under the provisions of [16.2.19.13] 16.2.19.15
NMAC.
[16.2.19.17 NMAC - Rp,
16.2.19.16 NMAC, 6/16/2015; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.19.19 ULTRASOUND CREDENTIALING: A licensed doctor of oriental medicine may
utilize musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound guidance of
procedures with the RMSK credential from [ARDMS, the American registry of
diagnostic medical sonography] the alliance for physician
certification & advancement or apca, or the
registered musculoskeletal sonographer credential from ARDMS, the American registry
of diagnostic sonography. A licensed doctor of oriental medicine (DOM)
who wishes to practice diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound
guidance of procedures shall register with the board of acupuncture and
oriental medicine (BAOM) to be provisionally credentialed to practice
diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided procedures upon
completion of a minimum of 30 hours in BAOM approved courses. Within 36 months of provisional credentialing,
the doctor of oriental medicine shall submit to the BAOM proof of scheduling
for RMSK testing with [ARDMS] APCA or registered
musculoskeletal sonographer testing with ARDMS. If the provisional
credentialing period is continued to 36 months without ARDMS RMSK or
APCA RMSK credentialing, the
provisionally credentialed DOM shall submit proof of 30 hours of continuing
education in courses approved by the BAOM. Provisional credentialing shall lapse within
48 months of initial provisional credentialing. Ultrasound credentialing does not require
certification in expanded practice.
[16.2.19.19 NMAC - Rp,
16.2.19.18 NMAC, 6/16/2015; A, 1/4/2020]