New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS
Part 18 - EDUCATIONAL COURSES FOR EXPANDED PRACTICE CERTIFICATION
Section 16.2.18.14 - BASIC INJECTION THERAPY EDUCATIONAL COURSE CURRICULUM

(1) anatomy regions to be examined and treated;

(2) the most common orthopedic pain differential diagnoses for these areas as well as other medical differential diagnoses that should be ruled out;

(3) skill in interpreting physical exam signs in context as evidence for or against the differential diagnoses;

(4) the most important treatment options for these differential diagnoses including but not limited to injection therapy, spray and stretch therapy, exercise, physical medicine, manipulation, manual medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, medical therapy with herbal medicine, supplements, homeopathic medicines and diet therapy;

(5) which basic imaging methods, if any, are useful in the examination of the above differential diagnoses; and

(6) and skill in selecting and performing the most appropriate basic orthopedic and neurologic physical examination methods including but not limited to the most basic forms of reflex testing, motor power testing, sensory exam, common orthopedic provocations, ligament stretch testing, accurate palpation and marking of anatomic landmarks, ligament and tendon compression testing and myofascial trigger point compression;

(1) the needles, syringes and other equipment used to perform the various types of injection therapy;

(2) appropriate aseptic techniques and clean needle procedures and techniques, and necessity of compliance with USP 797;

(3) the various solutions used in the various styles of injection therapy and skill in properly drawing and compounding into syringes the authorized substances intended for injection, using approved aseptic technique; in compliance with USP 797;

(4) how to generate and carry out a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses the causative factors leading to pain and dysfunction from the perspective of the understanding of each style of injection therapy, offers post treatment palliation and provides post therapy recommendations to support rehabilitation and prevent recurrence;

(5) how to explain to the patient the purpose of the therapy, the expected outcome and possible complications of the therapy that could occur;

(6) understanding that injection therapy techniques authorized for the basic injection therapy certification are limited to intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular, injections; and

(7)the anatomical locations that are relatively safe for injection therapy, as well as those locations that should be avoided for injection therapy;

(1) how acupuncture point injections can complement traditional acupuncture;

(2) the conditions that can be treated with acupuncture point injections; and

(3) skill in injecting acupuncture points;

(1) what a trigger point is, what the causative factors leading to trigger points are, what the most common perpetuating factors are and how to recognize and identify the most common pain referral patterns in the head, back, hip and extremities;

(2) how to locate and palpate trigger points; and

(3) skill in locating, injecting and spraying and stretching the most commonly treated trigger points and muscles;

(1) the relationship between interference fields, the autonomic nervous system, pain and disease;

(2) skill in identifying common interference fields in the body; and

(3) skill in injecting common neural therapy injection sites such as peripheral nerves, scars, tonsils, intercutaneous and subcutaneous sites;

(1) the mechanism of action of mesotherapy injections for pain and sports medicine and cosmetic treatment; and

(2) skill in injecting using mesotherapy methodology;

(1) how to evaluate the patient and determine a treatment plan with appropriate dosage, using appropriate authorized substances; and

(2) skill in performing therapeutic injections at appropriate anatomical locations and depths.