New Mexico Register / Volume XXX, Issue 23 / December 17, 2019
This
is an amendment to 16.2.4 NMAC, Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17 and 19,
effective 1/4/2020.
16.2.4.8 APPROVED EXAMINATIONS: The board approved
examinations shall consist of a written examination portion and a practical
examination portion. All required
NCCAOM examinations must be completed prior to taking the clinical skills examination.
A. The
written examinations approved by the board shall be:
(1) the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine foundations of oriental medicine module;
(2) the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine acupuncture module;
(3) the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine Chinese herbology module;
(4) the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine biomedicine module;
(5) the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine approved clean needle technique course; and
(6) the board approved and board administered jurisprudence
examination covering the act and the rules.
B. The
practical examinations approved by the board shall be:
(1) the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine point location module; and
(2) the clinical skills examination; the clinical skills
examination includes examination in acupuncture, herbal medicine and
biomedicine competencies.
C. The
board may adopt such other examinations as may be necessary for psychometric
evaluation of its approved examinations.
[11/3/1981…7/1/1996;
4/1/1997, 8/31/1998, 5/15/1999, 7/3/1999; 16.2.4.8 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC
2.4.8, 5/20/2000; A, 7/26/2001; A, 2/15/2005; A, 11/28/2009; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.4.10 EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
LICENSURE: The following shall be the examination
requirements for licensure. All fees for
nationally recognized examinations shall be paid by the applicant and are not
included in fees charged by the board.
A. Achievement
of a passing score as determined by the national certification commission for
acupuncture and oriental medicine (NCCAOM) on each of the following prior to
taking the clinical skills exam:
(1) the NCCAOM foundations of oriental medicine module;
(2) the NCCAOM acupuncture module;
(3) the NCCAOM Chinese herbology
module;
(4) the NCCAOM biomedicine module; and
(5) the NCCAOM point location module
B. Achievement
of a passing score of at least seventy-five percent on the clinical skills
examination. To determine a passing
score when the applicant is examined by more than one examiner, if the
applicant is examined by two examiners, the applicant must receive a score of
at least seventy-five percent after both scores are averaged and if the
applicant is examined by three examiners, the applicant must receive a score of
at least seventy-five percent from a majority of the examiners.
C. Successful
completion of the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine approved clean needle technique course.
D. Achievement
of a passing score of not less than 90 percent on the board approved and board
administered jurisprudence examination covering the act and the rules.
E. Applicants
who completed the national certification commission for acupuncture and
oriental medicine (NCCAOM) examinations in acupuncture and Chinese herbology prior to June 2004 are not required to pass the
NCCAOM foundations of oriental medicine module.
[11/3/1981…7/1/1996;
4/1/1997, 8/31/1998, 5/15/1999; 16.2.4.10 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 2.4.10, 5/20/2000;
A, 7/26/2001; A, 2/15/2005; A, 11/28/2009; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.4.11 CLINICAL SKILLS EXAMINATION
FREQUENCY AND DEADLINES: The board shall hold a clinical skills
examination at least once each year provided that applications for licensure
are pending. The initial application
specified in Section 11 of 16.2.3 NMAC shall be received at the board office at
least 60 calendar days before the next scheduled clinical skills examination
date. The board shall send a written
response to the applicant informing the applicant of the application’s
completeness or needed documentation postmarked at least 45 calendar days
before the next scheduled clinical skills examination date. All documentation required to complete the
initial application for licensure shall be received at the board office at
least 35 calendar days before the next scheduled clinical skills examination
date. If the application requirements
are received at the board office after a deadline, the application will be held
and not processed until the deadline schedule for the next subsequent clinical
skills examination. The applicant shall
be notified of approval or denial of his or her completed initial application
for licensure specified in Section 11 of 16.2.3 NMAC, by mail [postmarked]
or electronic means at least 25 calendar days prior to the next
scheduled clinical skills examination date.
[11/3/1981…7/1/1996;
16.2.4.11 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 2.4.11, 5/20/2000; A, 7/26/2001; A, 03/02/2003; A,
11/28/2009; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.4.12 CLINICAL
SKILLS EXAMINATION CONFIRMATION: The board approved
confirmation card, provided to the applicant, shall be [mailed] sent
to the applicant [upon] within fifteen days of receipt of the
clinical skills examination fee specified in 16.2.10 NMAC. Confirmation
of clinical exam passage will be valid for 24 months from the date of
initial application. After 24 months
[has] have passed, the applicant will
have to retake the clinical exam and reapply as a new applicant and pay
required fees specified in 16.2.10 NMAC.
[16.4.2.12
NMAC - N, 7/26/2001; A, 03/02/2003; A, 11/28/2009; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.4.13 PAYMENT OF CLINICAL SKILLS
EXAMINATION FEE:
The non-refundable clinical skills examination fee specified in 16.2.10
NMAC shall be paid by check or money order in U.S. funds and received in the
board’s office at least [forty five (45)] 31 calendar days prior
to the next scheduled clinical skills examination.
[11/3/1981…7/1/1996;
4/1/1997; N, 8/31/1998, 5/15/1999, 2/17/2000; 16.2.4.12 NMAC - Rn & A, 16
NMAC 2.4.12, 5/20/2000; 16.2.4.13 NMAC - Rn, 16.2.4.12 NMAC, 7/26/2001; A,
7/26/2001; A, 03/02/2003; A, 11/28/2009; A, 2/8/2013; A, 6/16/2015; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.4.17 RE-EXAMINATION: Applicants who have
failed the clinical skills examination may apply to take the next subsequent
clinical skills examination. The
applicant shall notify the board of his commitment to take the next subsequent
clinical skills examination with a written and signed letter received at the
board office at least 60 days before the next clinical skills examination
date. The applicant shall then be
notified by the board of his acceptance to take the next clinical skills
examination by mail [postmarked] or electronic means at least 45
days prior to the next scheduled clinical skills examination date. The applicant shall pay the clinical skills
examination fee in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of 16.2.4
NMAC. If the applicant does not pass the
next scheduled clinical skills examination, the applicant shall file a new
application on the current form provided by the board, pay all the required
fees, and satisfy all current requirements in effect at the time the
application is made. If the applicant
passes the exam, but does not complete license application within 24 months,
the applicant will have to reapply as an initial applicant.
[7/1/1996;
4/1/1997; Rn, 16 NMAC 2.4.13, 8/31/1998, 5/15/1999, 2/17/2000; 16.2.4.16 NMAC -
Rn, 16 NMAC 2.4.16, 5/20/2000; A, 10/22/2000; 16.2.4.17 NMAC - Rn, 16.2.4.16
NMAC, 7/26/2001; A, 7/26/2001; A, 11/28/2009; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.4.19 REVIEW OF CLINICAL SKILLS
EXAMINATION SCORE:
Applicants may request review of their clinical skills examination
results by the board or its examination committee for significant procedural or
computational error if such review request is received in writing at the board
office within [30] 25 calendar days of notification to the applicant
of the clinical skills examination results.
[Rn,
16 NMAC 2.4.17, 8/31/1998, 5/15/1999; 16.2.4.20 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC
2.4.20, 5/20/2000; 16.2.4.19 NMAC - Rn, 16.2.4.20 NMAC, 7/26/2001; A,
7/26/2001; A, 2/15/2005; A, 11/28/2009; A, 1/4/2020]