New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 16 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 24 - DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES FOR IMPAIRED PRACTITIONER
Section 16.16.24.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.16.24.7

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

For the purposes of this rule:

A. "Impaired Health Care Provider Act" refers to Section 61-7-1 through Section 61-7-12 NMSA 1978 (1995 Repl. Pamp.).

B. "Controlled Substances Act" refers to Section 30-31-1 through Section 30-31-42 NMSA 1978.

C. "Impaired practitioner" means any health care provider unable to practice with reasonable skill or safety to patients by reason of one or more of the following: mental disorder or illness; physical illness, including but not limited to deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill; or habitual or excessive use of alcohol or abuse of drugs, as defined in the Controlled Substances Act.

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