New Mexico Administrative Code

The board shall determine the sufficiency of the documentation that supports the application for licensure by endorsement. The board may, at its discretion, request further proof of qualifications or require a personal interview with any applicant to establish his or her qualific…

All documentation required for licensure by endorsement shall be received at the board office no later than 24 months after the initial application for licensure by endorsement is received at the board office.

The applicant for licensure by endorsement shall be notified of approval or denial of his or her completed application requirements including examination requirements by mail postmarked no more than 21 days from the board's receipt of all required documentation. The board shall i…

If all licensure by endorsement application requirements have not been met within 12 months of the initial licensure by endorsement application, the application will expire and will be deemed abandoned. If the licensure by endorsement application is abandoned and the applicant fo…

All applicants for licensure by endorsement as doctors of oriental medicine.

This part is promulgated pursuant to the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act, Sections 61-14A-4, 6, 8, 9 and 10, NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

February 11, 2022, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

Part 17 lists the requirements that an applicant for licensure by endorsement must fulfill in order to apply for licensure as a doctor of oriental medicine.

Refer to definitions in 16.2.1.7 NMAC (Section 7 of Part 1 of the rules).

A. An applicant for licensure by endorsement shall have five years of clinical experience, within the last six years as defined in 16.2.1.7 NMAC immediately preceding application. B. An applicant for licensure by endorsement must be licensed, certified, registered or legally reco…

A. An applicant for licensure by endorsement shall provide proof that he completed an educational program in acupuncture that fulfilled the requirements of the national certification commission for acupuncture and oriental medicine in place in 1992 or if graduated after 1992 is i…

New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

A. An applicant for an educational course in expanded practice leading to certification must be a NM licensed doctor of oriental medicine in good standing. B. The basic injection course is a prerequisite to injection therapy certification and intravenous therapy certification. C.…

Each educational course shall provide the doctor of oriental medicine, who successfully completes the course, with the following entry level general knowledge and skills, as well as the specific knowledge and skills, at the current professional standard of care within the context…

The board shall approve a basic injection therapy educational course after the educational course provider submits to the board: A. a complete d application; B. the payment of the application fee for expanded practice educational course approval specified in 16.2.10 NMAC; C. docu…

The education offered shall consist of a minimum total of 58 contact hours with at least the minimum number of hours of education in the areas listed below: A. eight hours in pharmacology and biomedical differential diagnosis relative to the prescription, administration, compound…

The basic injection therapy educational course curriculum shall provide the doctor of oriental medicine, who successfully completes the course, with the educational course general curriculum knowledge and skills defined in 16.2.18.11 NMAC and the following specific skills and kno…

The board shall approve an injection therapy educational program requirements: A. a complete d application; B. payment of the application fee for expanded practice educational course approval specified in 16.2.10 NMAC; C. documentation that it will comply with all educational cou…

Only a New Mexico licensed DOM, in good standing, and board certified in basic injection therapy, may apply for an injection therapy educational course.

The education shall be completed within two (2) years of commencement of the course as specified in Subsection G of 16.2.18.7 NMAC and consists of a minimum total of one hundred fifteen (115) hours and with at least the minimum number of hours of education in the areas listed bel…

The injection therapy educational course curriculum shall provide the doctor of oriental medicine, who successfully completes the course, with the educational course general curriculum knowledge and skills defined in 16.2.18.11 and 16.2.18.14 NMAC and the following specific knowl…

The board will approve an intravenous therapy educational course for certification after the educational course provider submits to the board: A. a complete d application; B. the payment of the application fee for expanded practice educational course approval specified in 16.2.10…

All doctors of oriental medicine who are certified for expanded practice or who are applicants for certification for expanded practice, as well as all educational courses and applicants for approval of educational courses.

Only a New Mexico licensed DOM, in good standing, and board certified in basic injection therapy, may apply for an intravenous therapy educational course in expanded practice. A. Proof of current BLS/CPR certification that will be current for two years from an American heart asso…

The intravenous therapy educational coursework shall be completed within two (2) years of commencement of the course, Subsection G of 16.2.18.8 NMAC, and shall consist of a minimum of one hundred thirty seven (137) total hours and with the minimum number of hours of education in …

The intravenous therapy educational course curriculum shall provide the doctor of oriental medicine, who successfully completes the course, with the knowledge and skills defined in Section 10 of 16.2.18 NMAC and the following specific knowledge and skills. A. Pharmaceutical law: …

: The board shall only issue certification to applicants after successful completion of the Intravenous Therapy Expanded Practice Course, and successful completion and documentation of a practicum to include one hundred fifty (150) hours under the supervision of a board approved …

The board shall have final authority for approval of a bioidentical hormone educational program upon completion of the following requirements. The educational course shall submit to the board: A. a complete d application; B. payment of the application fee for expanded practice ed…

The bioidentical hormone educational course shall consist of a minimum total of 80 hours of education, with at least 24 hours of practical experience defined in Subsections B, C, D, E and F of 16.2.18.25 NMAC in the areas listed below: A. eight hours in the pharmacology of bioide…

The bioidentical hormone therapy educational course curriculum shall provide the doctor of oriental medicine, who successfully completes the course, with the educational course general curriculum knowledge and skills defined in 16.2.18.11 NMAC and the following specific knowledge…

This part is promulgated pursuant to the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act, Section 61-14A-8.1.

Permanent.

June 16, 2015, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

Part 18 lists the prerequisites, educational course approval requirements, class hours, curriculum knowledge and skills for certification in each of the four (4) following expanded practice categories: basic injection therapy, injection therapy, intravenous therapy and bioidentic…

Refer to definitions in 16.2.1.7 NMAC.

The board shall approve an educational course for a specific category of expanded practice upon completion of the following general requirements and the specific requirements listed for the specific category of expanded practice educational course approval. All courses, with the …

A. The board shall have final authority for approval of all educational courses including classes and teachers. B. The board shall notify the applicant in writing by mail postmarked no more than 75 days after the receipt of the initial application as to whether the application is…

New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

A. In addition to the scope of practice outlined in section 16.2.2 NMAC for a doctor of oriental medicine in New Mexico, the scope of practice for those certified in expanded practice shall include certification in any or all of the following modules: (61-14A-8.1BNMSA1978) basic …

The board shall issue, to a doctor of oriental medicine, certification for basic injection therapy upon completion of the course prerequisites including 30 hours of Pharmacology as specified in 16.2.18.9 and the following requirements. A. The doctor of oriental medicine shall be …

The board shall issue to a doctor of oriental medicine, certification for injection therapy, upon completion of the following requirements. A. The doctor of oriental medicine shall be a doctor of oriental medicine in good standing. B. The doctor of oriental medicine shall submit …

The board shall issue to a doctor of oriental medicine, certification for intravenous therapy, upon completion of the course prerequisites including board certification in basic injection therapy, and three hours of college level biochemistry, and the following requirements. A. T…

The board shall only issue certification to applicants after successful completion of the Intravenous Therapy Expanded Practice Course, and successful completion and documentation of a practicum to include three hundred (300) hours under the supervision of a board approved physic…

The board shall issue to a doctor of oriental medicine, certification for bioidentical hormone therapy, upon completion of the following requirements: A. the doctor of oriental medicine shall be a doctor of oriental medicine in good standing; B. the doctor of oriental medicine sh…

If a doctor of oriental medicine certified for expanded prescriptive authority does not complete all expanded prescriptive authority continuing education requirements specified in 16.2.9.9 NMAC before the end of the sixty (60) day grace period, the expanded prescriptive authority…

A. A doctor of oriental medicine, previously certified for extended prescriptive authority including prolotherapy, (Rx1) as of the effective date of this section, shall be automatically certified for basic injection therapy and prolotherapy using previously taught and appropriate…

The designation for expanded practice shall follow the license number on the license and shall reflect the respective modules of certification: Rx basic injection, Rx injection, Rx intravenous, Rx hormones.

A licensed doctor of oriental medicine may utilize musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound guidance of procedures with the RMSK credential from the alliance for physician certification & advancement or APCA, or the registered musculoskeletal sonographer credential fr…

All doctors of oriental medicine who are certified for expanded practice or who are applicants for certification for expanded practice, as well as all educational programs and students enrolled in an educational program.