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 16.2.12.25 - FEE SPLITTING
Pursuant to the Act, Paragraph (14) of Subsection A of Section 61-14A-17 NMSA 1978, a doctor of oriental medicine, temporary licensee, extern, educational program or applicant for approval of an educational program shall be guilty of attempting to attract patronage in an unethical manner who engages in fee splitting. "Fee splitting" means paying or offering to pay a business or professional person or receiving or offering to receive from a business or professional person a commission, rebate, or compensation for bringing or referring a patient or dividing or offering to divide fees received for service for bringing or referring a patient. A division of fees between or among practitioners in the same practice or fee arrangements to cover patients during temporary absences is not fee splitting and is not prohibited by this provision.