New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 12 - NURSING AND HEALTH CARE RELATED PROVIDERS
Part 14 - NURSING PRACTICE IN AESTHETIC HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
Section 16.12.14.9 - CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.12.14.9

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

A. An APRN may serve as a clinical supervisor in an aesthetic healthcare facility with the appropriate population foci, licensure, national APRN certification and education. An RN or LPN may not serve as a clinical supervisor in an aesthetic healthcare facility.

B. An APRN serving as a clinical supervisor is responsible for supervising all aesthetic healthcare procedures performed at the aesthetic healthcare facility, which may include but are not limited to the following:

(1) possesses the appropriate education, training, experience, competence, and ongoing education, to safely administer, delegate, and supervise each aesthetic healthcare procedure;

(2) accepts responsibility for the safety of the patients treated at the aesthetic healthcare facility;

(3) ensures that staff who perform or assist with aesthetic healthcare procedures are trained and qualified;

(4) ensures that necessary equipment and supplies, including those needed to address healthcare complications and emergencies, are readily available, maintained and safely stored; and

(5) develops or approves and implements written protocols for all aesthetic healthcare procedures performed at the aesthetic healthcare facility. The protocols must provide sufficient and specific details, including guidance on identifying and responding to adverse events, to assure that making independent healthcare decisions does not become the responsibility of individuals without the appropriate scope of practice to make such decisions.

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