New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 13 - DELEGATED USE OF DEVICES AND PROCEDURES BY MEDICAL ASSISTANTS; COSMETIC INJECTIONS
Section 16.10.13.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.10.13.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. "Supervising physician" means a physician licensed to practice in New Mexico who is responsible for the patient's care and will provide oversight and guidance of the medical assistant.

B. "Medical assistant" means any individual who is not licensed as a healthcare practitioner in New Mexico and is working under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician. Licensed practitioners, including registered nurses and physician assistants, are not considered to be medical assistants pursuant to this rule.

C. "Medical therapeutic or cosmetic medical procedure, device, or treatment" means a treatment or procedure that uses any of the following, if the procedure or treatment alters or damages or is capable of altering or damaging living tissue, to improve the patient's appearance or to achieve an enhanced aesthetic result:

(1) injection or insertion of a biologic or synthetic substance for soft tissue augmentation;

(2) application of a chemical substance;

(3) application of microwave energy; or

(4) application of a federal food and drug administration approved prescription device that uses waveform energy of any kind, including, but not limited to lasers or intense pulsed light.

D. "Certified" means the medical assistant has been awarded a certificate of completion of training by a physician trained to use the equipment, by a certified representative of the medical equipment company, or by another entity qualified to offer the required training.

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