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 16.2.18.17 - INJECTION THERAPY EDUCATIONAL COURSE HOURS

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.2.18.17

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

The education shall be completed within two (2) years of commencement of the course as specified in Subsection G of 16.2.18.7 NMAC and consists of a minimum total of one hundred fifteen (115) hours and with at least the minimum number of hours of education in the areas listed below:

A. eight (8) hours in pharmacology and relevant pharmaceutical law, including compliance with USP seven hundred ninety seven (797) differential diagnosis relative to the selection, prescription, compounding and administration, of the authorized substances in the injection therapy formulary listed in Paragraph (2) of Subsection F of 16.2.20.8 NMAC, and the use of some of these substances as pain medicine: upon completion and certification in injection therapy some of these substances can be used with previously learned basic injection techniques including trigger point, mesotherapy, and neural therapy techniques;

B. four (4) hours in the art and practice of phlebotomy in order to safely perform injection of ozone or platelet rich plasma when considered as appropriate therapeutic intervention and at least half of the required hours shall be in clinical practice; a certificate of completion of a board approved course in phlebotomy is acceptable;

C. fifteen (15) hours in a board approved course in oxidative medicine;

D. fifty two (52) hours to include:

(1) the scientific principles of prolotherapy;

(2) aseptic technique as it relates to injecting a joint;

(3) detailed anatomy of joints, supporting soft tissue structures, and specific injection sites;

(4) orthopedic and neurological functional evaluation;

(5) the use of platelet rich plasma and prolozone;

(6) theory and practice of advanced neural therapy techniques;

(7) differentiation and selection of authorized substances in the injection therapy formulary as defined in Paragraph (2) of Subsection F of 16.2.20.8 NMAC; and

(8)at least half of these required hours shall be clinical practice;

E. thirty (30) hours of diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided musculoskeletal procedures from a board approved course; and

F. six (6) hours in the theory and practice of advanced injection therapy techniques including: mesotherapy for cellulite reduction, refer to Subsection F of 16.2.18.14 NMAC and apitherapy: at least half of these hours shall be in clinical practice; a certificate of completion from a board approved course in advanced mesotherapy or apitherapy will be considered to meet these hours.

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