New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 16 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 21 - UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Section 16.16.21.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.16.21.7

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

A. "Disqualifying criminal conviction" has the same meaning as defined in Subsection E of Section 61-1-36 NMSA 1978.

B. "Splitting or dividing of fees" means offering, delivering, receiving, or accepting any unearned rebate, refund, commission, preference, patronage, dividend, discount, or other unearned consideration, whether in the form of money or otherwise, as compensation or inducement for referring patients, clients, customers to any person, irrespective of any membership, proprietary interest, or co-ownership in or with any person to whom the patients, clients, or customers are referred.

C. "Professional superiority" means claiming, implying, guaranteeing, or representing that one has superior professional qualities, skills, abilities, credentials, training and professional service outcomes beyond those of similarly licensed optometrists.

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