New Mexico Administrative Code

A. "Eligible jurisdiction" means any state or territory of the United States except those included in the list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions under Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of 16.23.5.8 NMAC of this rule. B. "Expedited license" means a provisional license that confer…

A. Applicants for licensure as a respiratory care practitioners licensed in the following states and territories of the United States shall not be eligible for expedited licensure under Section 61-12B-8 NMSA 1978 of the Respiratory Care Act: (1) The following jurisdictions on tha…

New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department in consultation with the Advisory Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners.

The department, in consultation with the board, will issue non-renewable temporary permits to non-licensed graduates from an approved respiratory care training and education program (see Subsections E and GG of 16.23.6.1 NMAC), and who provide the following: A. the required items…

After the applicant has met all the requirements for a temporary permit, and the application has received approval by the department, in consultation with the board, the applicant will be issued a temporary permit for one year. A. The temporary permit is only valid if the conditi…

Student externs and graduates with temporary permits will be limited in the performance of respiratory care to those competence levels that have written verification and in accordance with the safe practice and patient care safety regulations of the facility. A. Temporary permits…

If an applicant has failed or withdrawn from a program and at a later date enrolls in a new approved respiratory care program, he or she may apply for a new permit under the new program. A. With the application, the applicant must provide a letter to the department explaining the…

Any respiratory care training program graduate who holds a temporary permit and has successfully passed the NBRC, RRT credentialing examination must apply for and receive a respiratory care practitioner's license before he or she may be recognized as a RCP, and may practice as su…

The training supervisor must hold a current license as a RCP in New Mexico, and shall train the temporary permittee in the performance of respiratory care functions until the training supervisor determines that the permittee is competent to perform those functions independently. …

The provisions of Part 6 of Chapter 23 apply to respiratory care program student externs or graduates applying for temporary permits to work for remuneration under the training, direction, and supervision of a New Mexico licensed respiratory care practitioner or New Mexico licens…

A. The training supervisor shall have a written back-up system to ensure that there is a licensed RCP on site who is privileged to perform all of the duties the institution assigns to a licensed RCP. B. The training supervisor is ultimately responsible for the actions of the perm…

A. Temporary permits are issued for a period of one year, and will expire on the last day of the month in which the initial permit was issued. B. Renewed temporary permits will also expire on the last day of the same month in which the permit was initially issued. C. The number o…

A. At least 45 days before the temporary permit expiration date, the department will email the permittee a temporary permit renewal notice and an application to apply for permit renewal. B. Renewal application notices will be emailed to the last email address on file. It is the p…

All temporary permit renewal requests are subject to individual review and approval by the department, in consultation with the board. If a temporary permit renewal application is approved, a renewal temporary permit will be mailed to the permittee.

A copy of the renewed temporary permit must be kept on file with the temporary permittee's employer. The department will mail a temporary permit to the training supervisor.

Forty-five days prior to the expiration date of the third and final permit (initial permit plus two renewals), the permittee and the permittee's training supervisor will be notified that the permittee's permit lapse is imminent, and that the privileges allowed by the permit will …

Part 6 of Chapter 23 is promulgated pursuant to the Respiratory Care Act, Section 61-12B-6 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

April 21, 2022 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of Part 6 of Chapter 23 is to establish the qualification requirements and application procedures for a student extern or graduate of a respiratory care program to obtain a temporary permit under the provisions of the Respiratory Care Act in order to become employed…

All definitions related to this section are in 16.23.1.7 NMAC.

Persons enrolled in an approved respiratory care training program who are performing respiratory care services in a supervisory facility as part of the training, but receiving no remuneration for those services, are not required to have a temporary permit issued by the department…

The department, in consultation with the board, will issue temporary permits to respiratory care student externs enrolled in a traditional or non-traditional respiratory care training program approved as set forth in Paragraph (4) of Subsection A and Paragraph (5) of Subsection R…

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