New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS
Part 12 - GROUNDS FOR DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE
Section 16.2.12.10 - FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION PROCEDURE
Pursuant to the Act, Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 61-14A-17 NMSA 1978, a doctor of oriental medicine, a temporary licensee or an extern shall be guilty of incompetence who fails to use sterile instruments or fails to follow proper instrument sterilization procedures including the use of biological monitors and the keeping of accurate records of sterilization cycles and equipment service maintenance as described in the manufacturer's instruction manual, the current edition of "clean needle technique manual for acupuncturists" published by the national acupuncture foundation, and the instrument sterilization protocols used by New Mexico hospitals and the American hospital association.