New Mexico Administrative Code

Pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act this part establishes the requirements for fees, examination, recertification, standards and functions, supervision/direction, and disciplinary action for medication aides who serve in multiple health care settings except acute care facilities…

A. Definitions beginning with the letter A: (1) "administrator" means the operating officer of an agency. This includes but is not limited to a licensed nursing facility. (2) "agency" means a board approved educational or facility-based entity that conducts medication aide studen…

Payment of fees will be accepted in the form specified by the board. The initial application fee will be for a period of one year, plus the months to the applicant's birth month. Fees may be collected in whole or prorated to commensurate with the length of the renewal period. Fee…

A. Prerequisites: (1) Be a minimum of 18 years of age. (2) Be a high school graduate or complete the general education development (GED) course. Applicants who graduated from non-U.S. education programs shall have an evaluation of their education credentials sent to the board dir…

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New Mexico Board of Nursing.

Any advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) with a drug enforcement agency (DEA) registration and licensure that permits prescribing opioids, shall obtain continuing education on the management of non-cancer pain. These practitioners shall be required to obtain five contact hou…

The board shall notify the following persons of the Pain Relief Act and Part 9 of the New Mexico nursing board rule: 16.12.9 NMAC. The board shall notify the following persons of the Pain Relief Act and rules: A. health care providers under its jurisdiction; and B. a health care …

Advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified hemodialysis technicians, and certified medication aides who have chronic pain and are being treated with opiates shall be evaluated by a pain clinic or, by a physician, CRNA, CNP, CNS pain speciali…

This rule applies to all advanced practice nurses, including certified nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists with prescriptive authority.

Section 61-3-1 NMSA 1978 et seq., authorized the board of nursing to regulate the practice of nursing in the state and the Pain Relief Act, Sections 24-2D-1 through 24-2D-7 NMSA 1978.

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May 21, 2024, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

It is the position of the board that certified nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists and clinical nurse specialists with prescriptive authority have an obligation to treat chronic pain and that a wide variety of medicines including controlled substances and…

A. Definitions beginning with "A": (1) "acute pain", means the normal, predicted physiological response to a noxious chemical or thermal or mechanical stimulus, typically associated with invasive procedures, trauma or disease and generally time limited; (2) "addiction", is a neur…

The following rules shall be used by the board to determine whether an advanced practice nurse's prescriptive practices are consistent with the appropriate treatment of pain. A. The treatment of pain with various medicines or controlled substances is a legitimate nursing practice…

The intent of the New Mexico board of nursing in requiring participation in the PMP is to assist advanced practice nurses in balancing the safe use of controlled substances with the need to impede harmful and illegal activities involving these pharmaceuticals. A. Any advanced pra…

New Mexico Nursing Home Administrators Board.

The Board operates in compliance with the Inspection of Public Records Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 14-2-1 through 14-2-16. The Board administrator is the custodian of the Board's records.

As authorized by NMSA 1978 (1993 Repl. Pamp.) Section 10-15-1.C of the Open Meetings Act, when it is difficult or impossible for a Board member to attend a Board meeting in person, the member may participate by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment. …

An applicant or licensee may request a waiver of any requirements contained in Title 16, Chapter 13 NMAC. The written request for the waiver shall contain an explanation of the underlying extenuating circumstance and shall include documentation in support of the request. At its d…

The provisions in Part 1 apply to all parts of Chapter 13, and provide relevant information to anyone affected or interested in Chapter 13 of Title 16.

Chapter 13 of Title 16 is promulgated pursuant to the Nursing Home Administrators Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 61-13-1 through 61-13-17 (1993 Repl. Pamp.). Section 9 of Part 1 is authorized by Section 61-13-6 NMAC 1978 (1993 Repl. Pamp.). Section 10 of Part 1 is authorized by Section …

Permanent.

October 31, 1995.

The objective of Part 1 of Chapter 13 is to set forth the provisions which apply to all of Chapter 13, and to all persons and entities affected by Chapter 13 of Title 16.

A. "AAHSA" means the American association of homes and services for the aging. B. "ACHCA" means the American college of health care administrators. C. "ACHCE" means the American college of health care executives D. "AUPHA" means the association of university programs in health ca…

If any part or application of Chapter 13 of Title 16 is held invalid, the remainder, or its application to their situations or persons, shall not be affected.

Chapter 13 does not apply to boarding homes or to sheltered-care facilities. Inter­me­d­iate care facilities for the mentally retarded that are properly licensed by the health department, as intermediate care facilities are not nursing homes as defined by the Nursing Home Adminis…

New Mexico Nursing Home Administrators Board

A license shall expire and become invalid if the licensee fails to meet the continuing education requirement for renewal before the license expiration deadline.

The Board will mail a notification of expired status to the licensee's last known address.

The expired status licensee is prohibited from practicing nursing home administration or holding a nursing home administrator position until the expired license has been reactivated.

Expired licenses that are not reactivated within two (2) years from the expiration date shall lapse.

The provisions in Part 10 of Chapter 13 apply to nursing home administrator licensees.

Part 10 of Chapter 13 is promulgated pursuant to the Nursing Home Administrators Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 16-13-6.B (5), 61-13-9.B, and 61-13-12 (1993 Repl. Pamp.).

Permanent.

October 31, 1995.

The objective of Part 10 of Chapter 13 is to establish the policies, rules, and regulations regarding the expiration of a nursing home administrators license.

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