New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 14 - MANAGEMENT OF PAIN AND OTHER CONDITIONS WITH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Section 16.10.14.11 - CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THE PRESCRIBING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
This section applies to all New Mexico medical board licensees who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and a New Mexico controlled substances registration. Pursuant to the Pain Relief Act, in order to ensure that all such health care practitioners safely prescribe for pain management and harm reduction, the following rules shall apply.
A. Immediate requirements effective November 1, 2012. Between November 1, 2012 and no later than June 30, 2014, all New Mexico medical board licensees who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and a New Mexico controlled substances registration, shall complete no less than five continuing medical education hours in appropriate courses that shall include:
B. Triennial requirements for physicians. Beginning with the July 1, 2014 triennial renewal date, pursuant to 16.10.4.8 NMAC, as part of the 75 continuing medical education hours required during each triennial renewal cycle, all New Mexico medical board physician licensees who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and a New Mexico controlled substances registration, shall be required to complete and submit five continuing medical education hours. Appropriate courses shall include all of the educational elements described in Paragraph (1) through (5) of Subsection A of 16.10.14.11 NMAC. A licensee may request prior board approval of the applicability of any courses may be requested. These hours may be earned at any time during the three-year period immediately preceding the triennial renewal date. The five continuing medical education hours completed prior to July 1, 2014, as defined in Subsection A of 16.10.14.11 above, may be included as part of the required continuing medical education hours in pain management in either the triennial cycle in which these hours are completed, or the triennial cycle immediately thereafter.
C. Biennial requirements for physician assistants. Beginning with the July 1, 2014 biennial renewal date, 16.10.15.16 NMAC, in addition to the national commission on certification of physician assistants (NCCPA) certification required during each biennial renewal cycle pursuant to 16.10.15.16 NMAC, all New Mexico medical board physician assistant licensees who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and a New Mexico controlled substances registration, shall be required to complete and submit three continuing medical education hours. Appropriate courses shall include all of the educational elements described in Paragraph (1) through (5) of Subsection A of 16.10.14.11 NMAC, or other courses in pain management with controlled substances. A licensee may request prior board approval of the applicability of any courses may be requested. These hours may be earned at any time during the two-year period immediately preceding the renewal date. Three of the five continuing medical education hours completed prior to July 1, 2014, as defined in Subsection A of 16.10.14.11 NMAC above, may be included as part of these required three continuing medical education hours in pain management in either the biennial cycle in which these hours are completed, or the biennial cycle immediately thereafter. Any or all three of these hours may also be applied to satisfy NCCPA requirements for certification.
D. Biennial requirements for anesthesiologist assistants. Beginning with the July 1, 2014 biennial renewal date, 16.10.19.15 NMAC, all New Mexico medical board anesthesiologist assistant licensees who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and a New Mexico controlled substances registration, shall be required to complete and submit three continuing medical education hours. Appropriate courses shall include all of the educational elements described in Paragraph (1) through (5) of Subsection A of 16.10.14.11 NMAC, or other courses in pain management with controlled substances. A licensee may request prior board approval of the applicability of any courses may be requested. These hours may be earned at any time during the two-year period immediately preceding the renewal date. Three of the five continuing medical education hours completed prior to July 1, 2014, as defined in Subsection A of 16.10.14.11 NMAC above, may be included as part of these required three continuing medical education hours in pain management in either the biennial cycle in which these hours are completed, or the biennial cycle immediately thereafter.
E. Requirements for new licensees. All New Mexico medical board licensees, whether or not the New Mexico license is their first license, who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and a New Mexico controlled substances registration, shall complete five continuing medical education hours in pain management during the first year of licensure. These continuing medical education hours completed prior to the first renewal may be included as part of the hours required in Subsections B, C or D of 16.10.11.14.11 NMAC.
