New Mexico Register / Volume
XXX, Issue 23 / December 17, 2019
This is an amendment
to 16.2.9 NMAC, Sections 8 and 9, effective 1/4/2020.
16.2.9.8 CONTINUING EDUCATION:
A. A doctor of
oriental medicine shall complete continuing education in oriental medicine
equivalent to that required by the national certification commission for
acupuncture and oriental medicine (NCCAOM).
A doctor of oriental medicine shall submit to the board at the time of
license renewal either of the following:
(1) [proof of] continuing NCCAOM recertification in
oriental medicine, or in both acupuncture[or] and Chinese herbology, or in acupuncture only if licensed prior to
1997, or;
(2) [proof
of] completion of 15 hours annually, [or sixty (60) hours every four (4)
years,] of NCCAOM approved continuing education courses or of courses
approved by other acupuncture or oriental medicine licensing authorities.
(3)
a course taken for initial certification in
expanded practice may not also be used for continuing education required for
annual license renewal.
B. proof of current basic
life support, BLS, and CPR with proof of having completed an American heart
association or American red cross approved course;
hands-on supervised practice of clinical skills is required; the didactic
portion may be completed on-line; a current copy of this card shall be
submitted to the board at the time of each annual license renewal.
[B.] C. A doctor of oriental medicine who is
a board approved examiner, examiner supervisor, or examiner trainer, for the
clinical skills examination, shall be granted continuing education credit for
time spent functioning as an examiner or training to be an examiner. This also applies to an observing board
member who has completed the training.
The continuing education credit is limited to six hours per year.
[C.] D. The
board shall annually audit a random ten percent of continuing education
documentation to determine the validity of the documentation.
[D.] E. A doctor of oriental medicine who
provides the board with false information or makes a false statement to the
board may be subject to disciplinary action, including denial, suspension or
revocation of licensure, pursuant to Section 61-14A-17 NMSA 1978, and the
Uniform Licensing Act, Section 61-1-1, et seq., NMSA 1978.
[E.] F. A doctor of oriental medicine shall
maintain an understanding of the current act and rules.
[16.2.9.8 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 2.9.8, 12/1/2001; A, 10/1/2003; A, 2/15/2005; A,
9/25/2006; A, 11/28/2009; A/E, 6/15/2010; A/E, 6/15/2010; Re-pr, 11/28/2010; A, 2/8/2013; A, 3/2/2014; A, 6/16/2015; A, 1/4/2020]
16.2.9.9 CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR
LICENSEES CERTIFIED FOR EXPANDED PRACTICE: In addition to the continuing
education requirements listed in 16.2.9.8 NMAC, doctors of oriental medicine
previously certified in expanded practice are subject to the following
requirements beginning August 1, 2013:
A. a doctor of
oriental medicine certified for expanded practice in one or more areas as
defined in 16.2.19 NMAC shall complete continuing education hours as follows:
(1) three
hours every three years for recertification in basic injection therapy;
(2) seven
hours every three years for recertification in injection therapy;
(3) seven
hours every three years for recertification in intravenous therapies; and
(4) seven
hours every three years for recertification in bioidentical hormone therapy;
(5) except
that a doctor of oriental medicine recertifying in injection therapy or
intravenous therapy need not complete an additional three hours in basic
injection therapy;
[(6) a doctor of oriental medicine certified in basic injection
therapy, injection therapy or intravenous therapy must complete an America
society of health-systems pharmacists (ASHP) accredited course relative to USP
797 prior to July 31, 2016; and every six (6) years thereafter; and]
[(7)] (6) doctors of
oriental medicine previously certified as Rx1 shall need seven hours, every
three years, for recertification in prolotherapy as
specified in Section 16 of 16.2.19 NMAC.
B. license holders
who are newly certified for expanded practice shall complete continuing
education hours on a prorated basis during the first years(s) of certification,
and then shall comply with recertification requirements every three years
thereafter;
C. courses approved
for recertification taken within 120 days prior to a renewal cycle may be
carried over and applied to the next renewal cycle, but may not be used for
both renewal cycles.
D. the continuing
education shall be about substances in the board approved appropriate expanded
practice formulary or formularies defined in 16.2.20 NMAC or updated
information in improving current techniques or [new and advanced] other
techniques that are part of the expanded practice certification as defined in
16.2.19 NMAC;
E. continuing
education courses, including teachers, shall be approved by the board:
(1) course providers requesting approval for Rx continuing
education certification shall be required to submit the following materials to
the board for approval no less than 45 days prior to the date of the course
offering and the materials shall include:
(a) an application fee as defined in Subsection C of 16.2.10.9
NMAC;
(b) course description, including objectives, subject matter,
number of hours, date time and location; and
(c) curriculum vitae of the instructor(s) including previous
experience of at least five years in subjects they are engaged to teach;
(2) courses
approved by national providers of continuing medical education(CME) are
recognized by the board as approved providers for expanded practice continuing
education units (CEU) including but not limited to A4M, ACAM, AMA, IFM;
(3) individual
practitioners requesting approval for a specific course that has not already
been approved as defined in Paragraph (2) of Subsection D of 16.2.9.9 NMAC, for
their own personal continuing education shall submit a copy of the course
brochure including a course description, subject matter, contact hours, and
curriculum vitae of the instructor 45 days prior to the course offering;
(4) the continuing education committee shall meet each month on
or before the 15th to review course materials if applications have
been submitted; electronic review is acceptable;
(5) a
doctor of oriental medicine certified for expanded practice in basic injection,
injection or intravenous therapies must remain current in basic life support,
BLS, and CPR with proof of having completed an American heart association approved
course; hands-on supervised practice of clinical skills is required; the
didactic portion may be completed on-line; a current copy of this card shall be
submitted to the board at the time of each triennial expanded practice
certification renewal; and
F. teaching an
approved continuing education course shall be equivalent to taking the approved
course; the first time that the course is offered, continuing education that is
appropriate for regularly licensed doctors of oriental medicine shall not be considered
as fulfilling the above requirements for expanded practice continuing education,
the board may determine specific mandatory courses that must be completed;
specific mandatory courses shall be noticed at least six months prior to the
date of the course; exceptions to being required to complete a specific
mandatory course may be made for good cause.
[16.2.9.9 NMAC - N, 10/1/2003;
A, 2/15/2005; A, 11/28/2009; A, 2/8/2013; A3/2/2014; A, 6/16/2015; A, 9/15/2015;
A, 1/4/2020]