New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS
Part 15 - INACTIVE LICENSE
Section 16.2.15.8 - INACTIVE LICENSE GENERAL PROVISIONS

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.2.15.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A licensee in good standing is eligible to have his or her license placed on inactive status. A licensee who failed to renew his or her license by July 31st shall renew the license in accordance with the provisions of 16.2.8.10 NMAC, 16.2.8.11 NMAC and 16.2.8.12 NMAC before the licensee can apply for an inactive license.

A. The board will not accept an inactive license application from a licensee who is under investigation for violations of the act or who has an active complaint pending before the board with the exception of an impaired licensee who is participating in a rehabilitation plan approved by the board. Impaired means the inability to practice acupuncture and oriental medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients as a result of mental illness or habitual or excessive use or abuse of alcohol or drugs as defined in the Controlled Substances Act, Sections 30-31-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.,

B. An inactive licensee shall not practice acupuncture and oriental medicine, as defined in the act, in New Mexico. An inactive licensee shall not represent himself or herself as a doctor of oriental medicine in public statements that include, but are not limited to, paid or unpaid advertising, brochures, printed or copied materials, electronic or digital media, directory listings, personal resumes or curricula vitae, business cards, interviews or comments for use in media, statements in legal proceedings, lectures and public presentations. An inactive licensee shall not teach acupuncture and oriental medicine at an educational program.

C. Providing or offering to provide oriental medical services, engaging in the practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine or teaching acupuncture and oriental medicine at an educational program by an inactive licensee shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the board for unprofessional conduct and potentially for other appropriate reasons pursuant to Section 61-14A-17 NMSA 1978 of the Act and 16.2.12 NMAC.

D. An inactive licensee shall comply with the disciplinary requirements of Section 61-14A-17 NMSA 1978 of the act and 16.2.12 NMAC.

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