TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 22 PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATES
PART 22 CONDITIONAL
PRESCRIBING OR PRESCRIBING PSYCHOLOGISTS:
APPLICATION
COMMITTEE
16.22.22.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
Regulation and Licensing Department Board of Psychologist Examiners.
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16.22.22.2 SCOPE: This
part applies to the board, licensees, applicants for licensure, and the general
public.
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16.22.22.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: This part is adopted
pursuant to the Professional Psychologist Act, NMSA 1978 Section 61-9-17.1
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16.22.22.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
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16.22.22.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
November 15, 2006, unless a later date is cited at the end of the
section.
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16.22.22.6 OBJECTIVE: The
objective of Part 22 is to set forth the provisions, which apply to all of Chapter
22, and all persons affected or regulated by Chapter 22 of Title 16.
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16.22.22.7 DEFINITIONS:
[RESERVED]
[Refer to 16.22.1.7
NMAC]
16.22.22.8 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (RxP)
APPLICATION COMMITTEE:
A. The chair of the board may appoint one or more RxP
application committee(s) to review application(s) for conditional prescription
and prescription certificates and to make recommendations to the board.
B. The RxP application committee will consist of a minimum
of three (3) members who shall reside in New Mexico and who shall hold active,
unrestricted New Mexico licenses in their respective profession. The committee shall consist of:
(1) one person appointed by the chair of the
board who is experienced in psychopharmacology;
(2) one person appointed by the chair of the
board, in collaboration with the New Mexico medical board, who is an allopathic
or osteopathic physician or a nurse practitioner or physicians assistant with
clinical experience in mental health or psychopharmacology; and
(3) a public member appointed by the chair of
the board.
C. The professional members appointed by the chair of the
board to the committee may include:
(1) a psychologist with a conditional
prescribing certificate or a prescription certificate;
(2) a physician or osteopathic physician with
clinical experience in mental health or psychopharmacology;
(3)
a pharmacist clinician, or certified, or certified nurse practitioner,
RNCS or physician’s assistant with specialized training in psychopharmacology;
or
(4) a licensed psychologist.
D. Members of the RxP application committee shall not be in
a psychopharmacology training program, and shall not be seeking licensure as a
psychologist.
E. Members of the RxP application committee shall not
participate in the review, deliberation, or decision of an application if the
applicant is a member of the member’s family or household or if the member has
a conflict of interest as defined in 16.22.25 NMAC, of these regulations.
F. The New Mexico medical board or its designee shall be
available upon request to consult with the RxP application committee or the
board regarding the applicability of the regulations adopted pursuant to
Section 61-9-17.1 NMSA 1978 of the act to a particular application.
G. The RxP application committee shall provide the board a
recommendation to accept or reject an application for a conditional
prescription or prescription certificate.
A recommendation to reject an application shall state the reasons for
the recommendation.
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HISTORY OF
16.22.22 NMAC:
History of Repealed Material:
16.22.22 NMAC, Prescribing Psychologists: Application Committee - Repealed 11/15/06