New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 22 - NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS: LICENSURE AND PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
Section 16.10.22.7 - DEFINITIONS
Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.10.22.7
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Definitions beginning with "A":
(1)
Approved naturopathic medical educational program" means a
naturopathic educational program accredited by the council of naturopathic
medical education and approved by the board with recommendation of the council,
pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 12G-4 NMSA 1978 of the Naturopathic Doctors'
Practice Act.
(2)
"Association" means an entity that is approved by the American
association of naturopathic physicians, which entity represents the interests
of naturopathic doctors in the state.
B. Definitions beginning with "B": Board" means the New Mexico medical board established pursuant to the Medical Practice Act Chapter 61, Article 6 NMSA 1978.
C. Definitions beginning with "C":
(1)
"Clinical laboratory
procedure" means the use of commonly used diagnostic modalities
consistent with naturopathic practice including venipuncture, ordering of
radiographic diagnostics and following guidance of radiologist interpretation
of diagnostic imaging techniques including but not limited to ultrasounds,
MRI's and CT scans and examination of body orifices, excluding endoscopy and
colonoscopy.
(2)
"Collaboration" means the process by which a licensed physician and a
naturopathic doctor jointly contribute to the health care and treatment of
patients; provided that:
(a) each
collaborator performs actions that the collaborator is licensed or otherwise
authorized to perform; and
(b)
collaboration shall not be construed to require the physical presence of the
licensed physician at the time and place services are rendered by the
collaborating naturopathic doctor.
(3)
"Controlled substance" means
a drug, substance or immediate precursor enumerated in Schedules I through V of
the Controlled Substances Act Chapter 30, Article 31 NMSA 1978.
(4)
"Council" means the
naturopathic doctors' advisory council;
(5)
"Criminal history record"
means information concerning a person's arrests, indictments, or other formal
criminal charges and any dispositions arising there from, including
convictions, dismissals, acquittals, sentencing and correctional supervision,
collected by state or federal criminal justice agencies or their political
subdivisions and stored in the computerized databases of the federal bureau of
investigation, the national law enforcement telecommunications systems, the
department of public safety or the repositories of criminal history information
in other states or their political subdivisions.
(6)
"Criminal history screening"
means a criminal history background investigation of an applicant for a
naturopathic doctor license, or a licensee applying for licensure renewal,
through the use of fingerprints reviewed by the department of public safety and
submitted to the federal bureau of investigation, resulting in the generation
of a nationwide criminal history record for that applicant.
D. Definitions beginning with "D":
(1)
"Dangerous drug"
has the same meaning as set forth in Section
26-1-2
NMSA 1978.
(2)
"Drug"
has the same meaning as set forth in Section
26-1-2
NMSA 1978.
E. Definitions beginning with "E": "Expired" means a license was not renewed by the triennial renewal date of March 1 or at the end of the grace period of May 1, and licensee is not eligible to practice within the state of New Mexico after the grace period ends.
F. Definitions beginning with "F":
G.Definitions beginning with "G": "Grace period" means the 60 day period granted after the triennial licensing term has expired on March 1, during which time the status of the licensee shall remain in effect as long as the renewal payment and late fee is made during the grace period, and all other renewal requirements are met on or before May 1. A licensee may continue to practice as long as the payment of the required renewal fee and the late fee are received, and all other renewal requirements are met on or before May 1 of the triennial period.
H. Definitions beginning with "H":
(1)
Homeopathic medicine" means a system of medicine based on the use
of infinitesimal doses of substances capable of producing symptoms similar to
those of the disease treated, as listed in the homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the
United States.
(2)
"Hygiene" means the use of preventive techniques, including
personal hygiene, asepsis, public health and safety.
I. Definitions beginning with "I": [RESERVED]
J.Definitions beginning with "J": [RESERVED]
K.Definitions beginning with "K": [RESERVED]
L.Definitions beginning with "L": [RESERVED]
(1)
Laboratory
examination" means:
(a)
phlebotomy;
(b) a clinical
laboratory procedure;
(c) an
orifical examination;
(d) a
physiological function test; or
(e)
a screening or test that the board has authorized naturopathic doctors to
perform, when indicated, which results are interpreted by the naturopathic
doctor;
(2)
"Legend drug" means an FDA approved prescription drug including an
unscheduled dangerous drug.
(3)
"License" means a license issued by the board to an individual
pursuant to the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act and board rules authorizing
that individual to practice naturopathic medicine in the state;
(4)
"Licensee" means a
naturopathic doctor licensed by the board to practice naturopathic medicine in
the state;
M. Definitions beginning with "M":
(1)
"Major disaster" means a
declaration of a major disaster by the federal emergency management agency
(FEMA).
(2)
"Military service
member" means a person who is serving in the armed forces of the United
States or in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States,
including the National Guard.
(3)
"Minor office procedure" means minor surgical care and procedures,
including:
(a) surgical care incidental to
superficial laceration, lesion or abrasion, excluding surgical care to treat a
lesion suspected of malignancy;
(b)
the removal of foreign bodies located in superficial structures, excluding the
globe of the eye;
(c) trigger point
therapy on myofascial trigger points including manual techniques, insertion of
filiform needles or trigger point injections directly in the trigger point;
excluding deep muscle bodies, visceral, and distal acupuncture meridian
therapy;
(d) dermal
stimulation;
(e) allergy testing
and treatment;
(f) the use of
antiseptics and topical or local anesthetics;
(g) wound care;
(h) diabetic foot care; and
(i) injections as referenced in Subparagraph
(h) of Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of 16.10.22.11 NMAC.
N. Definitions beginning with "N":
(1)
"Naturopathic
doctor" means an individual licensed pursuant to the Naturopathic
Doctors' Practice Act as a naturopathic doctor to practice naturopathic
medicine in the state;
(2)
"Naturopathic medicine" means:
(a) a system of health care for the
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human health conditions, injury and
disease;
(b) the promotion or
restoration of health; and
(c) the
support and stimulation of a patient's inherent self-healing processes through
patient education and the use of naturopathic therapies and therapeutic
substances;
(3)
"Naturopathic physical medicine" means the use of one or more of
the following physical agents in a manner consistent with naturopathic medical
practice on a part or the whole of the body, by hand or by mechanical means, in
the resolution of a human ailment or conditions:
(a) air;
(b) water;
(c) heat;
(d) cold;
(e) sound;
(f) light;
(g) electromagnetism;
(g) colon hydrotherapy;
(i) soft tissue therapy;
(j) joint mobilization;
(k) therapeutic exercise; or
(l) naturopathic manipulation within the
scope of the naturopathic doctor's education;
(4)
"Naturopathic therapy" means
the use of:
(a) naturopathic physical
medicine;
(b) suggestion;
(c) hygiene;
(d) a therapeutic substance;
(e) a legend drug;
(f) nutrition and food science;
(g) homeopathic medicine;
(h) a clinical laboratory
procedure;
(i) a minor office
procedure; or
(j) mental health and
substance use screening and referral.
(5)
"Nutrition and food science"
means the prevention and treatment of disease or other human conditions through
the use of food, water, herbs, roots, bark or natural food elements;
O. Definitions beginning with "O":
P. Definitions beginning with "P":
(1)
"Prescription" has the same meaning as set forth in Section
26-1-2
NMSA 1978;
(2)
"Primary
care" means health care provided by a healthcare provider who typically
acts as the first contact and principal point of continuing care for patients
and coordinates other specialist care or services that the patient may require.
Primary care providers are trained in non-specialty internal medicine and
pediatrics, family medicine, general internal medicine, geriatrics
(gerontology), general obstetrics and gynecology and general pediatrics, and
refer to specialists when those services are warranted.
(3)
"Professional examination"
means a competency- based national naturopathic doctor licensing examination
administered by the North American board of naturopathic examiners (NABNE),
whose board has been nationally recognized to administer a naturopathic
examination that represents federal standards of education and
training;
Q. Definitions beginning with "Q":
R. Definitions beginning with "R":
(1)
"Renewal date" means
the deadline date upon which the license shall be made valid again for another
period of time without a penalty fee.
(2)
"Recent veteran" means a
person who has received an honorable discharge or separation from military
service within the two years immediately preceding the date the person applies
for a naturopathic doctor license pursuant to 16.10.22.20 NMAC. The veteran
shall submit a copy of Form DD214, or its equivalent, as part of the
application process.
S. Definitions beginning with "S": "Suggestions" means counseling techniques using:
(1)
biofeedback,
(2)
hypnosis,
(3) health
education,
(4) health counseling;
or
(5) therapeutic lifestyle
changes.
T. Definitions beginning with "T": "Therapeutic substance" means any of the following exemplified in a standard naturopathic medical text, journal or pharmacopeia:
(1) a vitamin,
(2) a mineral,
(3) a nutraceutical,
(4) a botanical medicine,
(5) oxygen,
(6) a homeopathic medicine,
(7) a hormone,
(8) a hormonal or pharmaceutical
contraceptive device; or,
(9) other
physiologic substance.
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