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, 11/15/2006]
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, 11/15/2006]
16.22.27.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: This part is adopted
pursuant to the Professional Psychologist Act, Section 61-9-17.2 and 61-9-3 NMSA
1978.
[16.22.27.3 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.3 NMAC, 11/15/2006]
16.22.27.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
[16.22.27.4 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.27.4 NMAC, 11/15/2006]
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, 11/15/2006]
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, 11/15/2006]
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 Section 61-9-3 NMSA 1978, 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
61-9-3 NMSA 1978, 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, 11/15/2006; A, 02/22/2013; A, 02/10/2022]
HISTORY OF
16.22.27 NMAC:
History of Repealed Material:
16.22.27 NMAC,
Formulary - Repealed 11/15/2006