TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 22 PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATES
PART 27 CONDITIONAL PRESCRIBING OR
PRESCRIBING PSYCHOLOGISTS: FORMULARY
16.22.27.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
Regulation and Licensing Department Board of Psychologist Examiners.
[16.22.27.1 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.1 NMAC, 11/15/06]
16.22.27.2 SCOPE: This
part applies to the board, licensees, applicants for licensure seeking licenses
under prescriptive authority, and the general public.
[16.22.27.2 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.2 NMAC, 11/15/06]
16.22.27.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: This part is adopted
pursuant to the Professional Psychologist Act, NMSA 1978 Section 61-9-17.2 and
61-9-3
[16.22.27.3 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.3 NMAC, 11/15/06]
16.22.27.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
[16.22.27.4 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.4 NMAC, 11/15/06]
16.22.27.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
November 15, 2006, unless a later date is cited at the end of the
section.
[16.22.27.5 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.5 NMAC, 11/15/06]
16.22.27.6 OBJECTIVE: The
objective of Part 27 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.
[16.22.27.6 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.6 NMAC, 11/15/06]
16.22.27.7 DEFINITIONS:
[RESERVED]
[Refer to 16.22.1.7
NMAC]
16.22.27.8 FORMULARY:
A. Conditional
prescribing or prescribing psychologists shall exercise prescriptive authority
using psychotropic medications, as defined in 16.22.1 NMAC, of these
regulations, within the recognized scope of practice for the treatment of
mental disorders and for which the psychologist has been properly educated and
trained.
B. As provided by
Section 61-9-17.2, of the act, when prescribing psychotropic medication for a
patient, a conditional prescribing psychologist or a psychologist with a
conditional prescription certificate shall maintain an ongoing collaborative
relationship with a health care practitioner who oversees the patient's general
medical care to ensure that necessary medical examinations are conducted, the
psychotropic medication is appropriate for the patient's medical condition and
significant changes in the patient's medical or psychological condition are
discussed. The collaborative
relationship shall be utilized to coordinate the patient's ongoing care,
including, determining whether non-psychotropic medications should be
prescribed to provide the patient with optimized care. In such cases, all non-psychotropic
medications shall be prescribed by the health care practitioner who oversees
the patient's general medical care, or by other health care practitioners
involved in the patient's care who are authorized by law to prescribe such
medications.
C. A conditional
prescribing or prescribing psychologist shall not prescribe psychotropic
medication to treat patients for the following conditions:
(1) chronic pain;
(2) endocrine, cardiovascular, orthopedic,
neurological, and gynecological illness or disorders;
(3) allergies; or
(4) other non-psychiatric illnesses,
disorders, or illnesses causing mental disorders.
D. A conditional
prescribing or prescribing psychologist shall treat psychopharmacologically
only mental disorders listed in the most recent edition of the diagnostic and
statistical manual of mental disorders published by the American psychiatric
association.
E. A conditional
prescribing psychologist or prescribing psychologist who prescribes outside the
scope of practice specified in the act and these regulations is subject to
disciplinary action by the board.
[16.22.27.8 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.8 NMAC, 11/15/06; A, 02/22/13]
HISTORY OF
16.22.27 NMAC:
History of Repealed Material:
16.22.27 NMAC,
Formulary - Repealed 11/15/06