Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Upon approval of an application for externship supervisor
registration that fulfills the requirements listed below, the board shall issue
an externship supervisor registration. In the interim between regular board
meetings, whenever a qualified applicant for externship supervisor registration
has filed his or her application and complied with all other requirements of
this section, the board's chairman or an authorized representative of the board
may grant an interim temporary externship supervisor registration that will
suffice until the next regular meeting of the board. In no event shall the
externship supervisor begin supervising an extern until the externship
supervisor registration or interim temporary externship supervisor registration
is issued by the board. The application requirements for an externship
supervisor registration shall be receipt of the following by the board:
A. the fee for application for externship
supervisor registration specified in 16.2.10 NMAC;
B. an application for externship supervisor
registration that is complete and in English on a form provided by the board
that shall include the applicant's name, address, date of birth and social
security number, if available;
C.
proof of five years of clinical experience; and
D. proof of maintaining a clinical facility;
and
E. proof of appropriate
professional and facility insurance; and
F. an affidavit as provided on the "extern
supervisor registration application" stating that the applicant understands
that:
(1) the scope of practice of an extern
shall be limited to the practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine as
defined in the act and 16.2.2 NMAC, except that the extern shall not prescribe
or administer any herbal, nutritional, homeopathic or any other medicines or
substances; when diagnosing and treating a patient, the extern shall practice
only within the limits of his or her education and training; the extern shall
possess and apply the knowledge, and use the skill and care ordinarily used by
reasonably well-qualified doctors of oriental medicine practicing under similar
circumstances, giving due consideration to their limited clinical experience;
and
(2) the extern certification
shall expire automatically 12 months after the date of issuance unless the
certificate expires sooner for any of the following reasons:
(a) upon licensure;
(b) if the extern fails the board's clinical
skills examination more than once; or
(c) if the extern is no longer under the
supervision of the externship supervisor; and
(3) in no event shall an extern practice
under extern certification(s) for more than a total of 12 months or after
failing the board's clinical skills examination more than once; the extern
certification is not renewable; exceptions for good cause shall not apply to
the extern certification; and
(4)
the extern supervisor shall not be a member of the extern's family or a member
of the extern's household or have a conflict of interest with the extern as
defined in
16.2.14.19
NMAC; and
G. an
affidavit as provided on the "extern supervisor registration application"
stating that the applicant understands that the externship supervisor shall:
(1) provide a clinical environment where the
extern is able to further his or her knowledge and apply acupuncture and
oriental medicine theory and techniques; and
(2) directly supervise the extern on the
premises of the treating facility at all times and be available for
consultation, intervention, and decisions about patient care; and
(3) supervise no more than two externs at any
given time and have no more than two externs in his or her externship program
at a time; and
(4) inform patients
with a written signed consent form outlining the responsibility of the extern
and the scope and limits of practice; and
(5) prescribe all herbal, nutritional,
homeopathic and any natural substances; any recommendations of these substances
by the extern must by signed by the externship supervisor; and
(6) approve the diagnosis and treatment plan
and oversee the techniques of oriental medicine and delivery of patient care;
and
(7) notify the board in
writing, within five days working days, when the extern enters into an extern
supervisory contract with the externship supervisor or terminates the
externship participation; and
(8)
be responsible for the delivery of competent professional services, obtaining
patient consents, and maintaining patient records; and
(9) document approval and oversight of
diagnosis, treatment, and patient care in the patient's permanent file;
and
(10) terminate the externship
relationship if the externship supervisor has the reasonable belief that the
extern has violated the act or the rules or if a conflict of interest arises
during the supervision; the externship supervisor shall notify the board, in
writing, within five working days that the externship relationship is
terminated and give the reasons for the termination; and
(11) the extern supervisor must notify the
board within ten days if the extern supervisor's address changes; and
(12) the board may refuse to issue, or may
suspend, or revoke any license, externship supervisor registration or
externship supervisor registration in accordance with the Uniform Licensing
Act, 61-1-1 to 61-1-31 NMSA 1978, for reasons authorized in section
61-14A-17
NMSA 1978 of the act and clarified in 16.2.12 NMAC.
