TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 10 MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
PART 4 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
16.10.4.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: New Mexico Medical Board, hereafter called the board.
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16.10.4.2 SCOPE: This part applies to physicians licensed by
the board.
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16.10.4.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: This part governs the practice of medicine in
New Mexico and is promulgated pursuant to and in accordance with the Medical
Practice Act, Section 61-6-21 NMSA 1978.
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16.10.4.4 DURATION: Permanent
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16.10.4.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE: April 18, 2002, unless a later date is cited
at the end of a section.
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16.10.4.6 OBJECTIVE: This part establishes continuing education
requirements for license renewal.
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16.10.4.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. “AACOM” means American association
of colleges of osteopathic medicine.
B. “AAFP”
means
American academy of family physicians.
C. “AAPS”
means
American association of physician specialists.
D. “ACCME”
means accreditation
council for continuing medical education.
E. “AMA” means the American medical
association.
F. “AOA”
means
American osteopathic association.
G. “CCME”
means
council on continuing medical education of the AOA.
H. “CME” means continuing medical
education.
I. “ABMS” means American board of medical
specialties.
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02/08/2022]
16.10.4.8 HOURS
REQUIRED:
A. Seventy-five hours of continuing medical education are
required for all medical licenses during each triennial renewal cycle. CME may be earned at any time during the
licensing period, July 1 through June 30 immediately preceding the triennial
renewal date.
B. One hour of required CME must be earned by reviewing the
New Mexico Medical Practice Act and these board rules. Physicians must certify that they have
completed this review at the time they submit their triennial renewal
application.
C. Continuing medical education is not required for federal
emergency, telemedicine, postgraduate training, public service, temporary
teaching or youth camp or school licenses.
D. The five hours of CME in pain management continuing
education set forth in Subsections A and B of 16.10.14.11 NMAC may apply toward
the 75 hours required in Subsection A of this section and may be included as
part of the required CME hours in pain management in either the triennial cycle
in which these hours are completed, or the triennial cycle immediately
thereafter. Each subsequent triennial
renewal cycle shall include five hours of CME hours in pain management.
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16.10.4.9 CREDIT
HOURS: The board accepts one credit hour for every
clock hour of participation in a CME activity.
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16.10.4.10 ACCEPTABLE
AS CME: The board will accept any of the following as
fulfillment of CME requirements:
A. the
physician’s recognition award of the AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit™;
B. certificate of CME issued by any
board or sub-board of the ABMS, or
C. certification
or re-certification by an ABMS approved specialty board during the renewal
period;
D. active membership in the
AOA;
E. certification or
recertification by an osteopathic specialty board during the triennial cycle;
F. passage of the COMVEX or
SPEX during the triennial cycle.
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02/08/2022]
16.10.4.11 ALLOWED
COURSES AND PROVIDERS: The
following courses and activities are acceptable for CME credit:
A. AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit™ Clinical courses, lectures or
grand rounds certified by an accredited sponsor of the AMA physician’s
recognition award, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ are acceptable for credit
whether taken in an on-site format or taken using the internet.
B. AOA. Clinical courses approved for CCME, AOA, AMA,
ACCME, AAFP, AACOM, or AAPS category 1-A, 1-B are approved.
C. NEW MEXICO
SPECIFIC CME. Activities
certified by the New Mexico medical society (NMMS) continuing medical education
committee are acceptable for credit. Up
to 40 credits in any three-year reporting period are allowed for participation
in activities certified as New Mexico specific CME by the NMMS continuing
education committee. New Mexico specific
CME are issued by the NMMS for service on the New Mexico medical review
commission and on the impaired physician committee.
D. POST
GRADUATE EDUCATION. A maximum of 75 credit hours in
any three-year reporting period are allowed for participation in a postgraduate
education program, which has been approved by the board or by the AMA liaison
committee on graduate medical education, CCME, ACGME and AACOM. This category includes internships,
residencies and fellowships.
E. ADVANCED
DEGREES. 40 credit hours are allowed for each full
academic year of study toward an advanced degree in a medical field or a
medically related field as approved by the board.
F. TEACHING. One credit hour is allowed for each hour of
teaching medical students or physicians in a United States medical school, an
approved internship or residency or for teaching in other programs approved by
the board for a maximum of 40 credit hours in any three-year reporting period.
G. PHYSICIAN
PRECEPTORS. A maximum of 30 hours of credit during a
three year reporting period is acceptable for licensed physicians who are
acting as preceptors for students enrolled in an accredited medical or
physician assistant school or as preceptors for students enrolled in a combined
bachelor of arts and medical degree program.
H. PAPERS AND
PUBLICATIONS. 10 hours of credit are allowed
for each original scientific medical paper or publication written by a
licensee. For acceptance, papers must
have been presented to a recognized national, international, regional or state
society or organization whose membership is primarily physicians; or must have
been published in a recognized medical or medically related scientific journal. Material used in a paper or publication may
be given credit one time. A maximum of
30 hours credit may be claimed during each three-year reporting period.
I. ADVANCED
LIFE SUPPORT. Credit may be claimed
during each three-year reporting period for successful completion of ACLS
(advanced cardiac life support), PALS (pediatric advanced life support), ATLS
(advanced trauma life support), NALS (neonatal advanced life support), and ALSO
(advanced life support in obstetrics) courses.
J. EXPERT REVIEW.
Credit may be claimed by physicians who provide expert services by
reviewing investigation cases for the board.
A maximum of ten (10) credit hours in any three-year reporting period
are allowed for providing expert review.
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7/1/2010; A, 9/22/2011; A,
02/08/2022]
16.10.4.12 [RESERVED]
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16.10.4.13 VERIFICATION
OF CME:
A. Each physician renewing a license shall attest
that they have obtained the required hours of CME. The board shall select renewal applications
for audit to verify completion of acceptable CME. The board may audit CME records at any
time. CME records must be maintained by
the licensee for one year following the renewal cycle in which they are earned.
B. The
board, or a designee of the board, may offer any physician who is unable to
provide required documentation upon request a settlement in lieu of initiating
disciplinary action. Settlements may
include a letter of reprimand and a $500 fine, reportable to the healthcare
integrity and protection data bank.
C. Any
physician who fails to respond to a CME audit shall be considered in violation
of Section 61-6-15.D(23) of the Medical Practice Act, failure to provide the
board with information requested by the board.
Potential sanctions include fines, letters of reprimand, or license
suspension or revocation.
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16.10.4.14 ACCEPTABLE
DOCUMENTATION OF CME INCLUDES:
A. Photocopies
of original certificates or official letters from course sponsors or online
providers.
B. Postgraduate
CME hours must be documented and attested either by the dean of the medical
school, the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent authority.
C. Advanced
degree studies must be documented and attested either by the dean of the
medical school, the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent
authority.
D. Teaching
hours must be documented and attested either by the dean of the medical school,
the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent authority.
E. Preceptor
hours must be documented and attested either by the dean of the medical school,
the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent authority.
F. Papers or publications must
be documented with a copy.
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16.10.4.15 EMERGENCY
DEFERRAL: A physician unable to fulfill the CME
requirements prior to the date of license expiration may apply to the board for
an emergency deferral of the requirements by submitting a request in writing no
later than July 1 of the renewal year. A
designee of the board may grant a deferral of up to 90 days.
A. In
case of illness or other documented circumstances, the board may grant an
additional extension of time in which the necessary credits may be earned. The request must be made in writing prior to
the end of the emergency deferral, and must be approved by the board.
B. A
licensee practicing or residing outside the United States shall not be required
to fulfill the CME requirements for the period of the absence. The board must be notified prior to license
expiration that the licensee will be outside the US, including the period of
the absence. Upon return to the US, the
licensee shall complete the CME required for the years of practice within the
US during the renewal cycle, or apply for an emergency deferral.
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HISTORY OF 16.10.4 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with
State Records and Archives under:
NMBME Rule 79-13, Continuing
Medical Education, filed 9/19/1979
NMBME Rule 79-13, Continuing
Medical Education, filed 10/4/1979
BME Rule 5, Continuing
Medical Education, filed 12/19/1989
Rule 5, Continuing Medical
Education, filed 5/5/1992
Rule 5, Continuing Medical
Education, filed 6/1/1995
History of Repealed Material:
16 NMAC 10.4 Continuing
Medical Education - Repealed 4/18/2002.