New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS
Part 19 - EXPANDED PRACTICE CERTIFICATIONS
Section 16.2.19.19 - ULTRASOUND CREDENTIALING

A licensed doctor of oriental medicine may utilize musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound guidance of procedures with the RMSK credential from the alliance for physician certification & advancement or apca, or the registered musculoskeletal sonographer credential from ARDMS, the American registry of diagnostic sonography. A licensed doctor of oriental medicine (DOM) who wishes to practice diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guidance of procedures shall register with the board of acupuncture and oriental medicine (BAOM) to be provisionally credentialed to practice diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided procedures upon completion of a minimum of 30 hours in BAOM approved courses. Within 36 months of provisional credentialing, the doctor of oriental medicine shall submit to the BAOM proof of scheduling for RMSK testing with APCA or registered musculoskeletal sonographer testing with ARDMS. If the provisional credentialing period is continued to 36 months without ARDMS RMSK or APCA RMSK credentialing, the provisionally credentialed DOM shall submit proof of 30 hours of continuing education in courses approved by the BAOM. Provisional credentialing shall lapse within 48 months of initial provisional credentialing. Ultrasound credentialing does not require certification in expanded practice.