New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV, Issue 8 / April 25, 2023
This is an Amendment
to 16.2.17 NMAC, Section 9 effective 4/25/2023.
16.2.17.9 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:
A. An
applicant for licensure by endorsement shall provide proof that he completed an
educational program in acupuncture that fulfilled the requirements of the
national certification commission for acupuncture and oriental medicine in
place in 1992 or if graduated after 1992 is in compliance with the educational
program requirements in 16.2.7 NMAC or that was accredited by the accreditation
commission for acupuncture and [oriental] herbal medicine, [ACAOM]
ACAHM. [formerly the national accreditation commission for schools
and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine and ACSCAOM.].
B. If the educational program is no longer in existence, or if the applicant’s records are not available for good cause, the applicant for licensure by endorsement shall submit an affidavit so stating and shall identify the educational program, and shall provide the address, dates of enrollment, and curriculum completed, along with such other information and documents as the board shall deem necessary. The board, in its sole and sound discretion, may accept as adequate and sufficient or reject such evidence presented in lieu of the records otherwise required.
C. If an applicant graduated before 1992 from an educational program lacking annual approval status from the board for the year of graduation, as defined in 16.2.7.10 NMAC, then the applicant shall apply for a single instance review. The applicant must obtain an approval of the educational program for use by a single applicant and will need to submit the following to the board:
(1) the required application fee as specified in 16.2.10 NMAC, paid by check or money order in U.S. funds; and
(2) an application on a form prescribed by the board, completed and in English, that contains the matriculation date for the educational program, the information necessary to verify that the standards of professional education required by 16.2.17.9 NMAC and an official copy of the curriculum.
[16.2.17.9 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.17.9 NMAC, 2/11/2022; A, 4/25/2023]