New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 17 - OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 8 - PHYSICIANS SUPERVISING PHARMACIST CLINICIANS
Section 16.17.8.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Consultation" means in person, telephonically, by two-way radio, by e-mail or by other electronic means.
B. "Alternate supervising physician" means a physician who holds a current unrestricted license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine, is a cosignatory on the notification of supervision, and agrees to act as the supervising physician in the supervising physician's absence with no change to the scope of practice or protocol of the pharmacist clinician. The alternate supervising physician must be approved by the board. The alternate supervising physician which should require the alternate supervising physician to register with the appropriate board and shall be exempt from fees associated with the supervising physician unless the alternate supervising physician becomes a supervising physician then the appropriate fees will be assessed.
C. "Scope of practice" means duties and limitations of duties placed upon a pharmacist clinician by their supervising physician or the alternate supervising physician(s) and the board; includes the limitations implied by the field of practice of the supervising physician or the alternate supervising physician(s) and the board.
