New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 17 - OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 4 - PRESCRIBING AND DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Section 16.17.4.11 - NON-CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT CONTINUING EDUCATION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
This section applies to all New Mexico board of osteopathic medicine licensed physicians and osteopathic physician assistants who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and licensure to prescribe opioids. 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. On or before July 1, 2014 all New Mexico board of osteopathic medicine licensees who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and licensure to prescribe opioids, shall complete no less than two continuing medical education hours in appropriate courses that include a review of 16.17.5 NMAC, management of the treatment of pain, an understanding of the pharmacology and risks of controlled substances, a basic awareness of the problems of abuse, addiction and diversion, and awareness of state and federal regulations for the prescription of controlled substances. All such courses are subject to board approval. Practitioners who have taken continuing education hours in these educational elements in the two years prior to July 1, 2014 may apply those hours toward the required two continuing education hours described in this subsection.
B. Beginning with the July 1, 2014 triennial renewal date, as part of the 75 continuing medical education hours required during each triennial renewal cycle, all New Mexico board of osteopathic medicine licensees, who hold a federal drug enforcement administration registration and license to prescribe opioids, shall be required to complete and submit six continuing education hours. Appropriate courses shall include all of the educational elements described in Subsection A of this section. All such courses are subject to board approval. These hours may be earned at any time during the three-year period immediately preceding the triennial renewal date. The two continuing medical education hours completed prior to July 1, 2014, as defined in Subsection A above, may be included as part of the required continuing medical education hours in pain management.
