New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS
Part 2 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE
Section 16.2.2.10 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR EXPANDED PRACTICE

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.2.2.10

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

A. In addition to the scope of practice for a licensed New Mexico doctor of oriental medicine, the scope of practice for those certified in expanded practice shall include certification in any or all of the following modules: basic injection therapy, injection therapy, intravenous therapy and bioidentical hormone therapy. practitioners previously certified as Rx1 extended prescriptive authority, will be certified for basic injection therapy and practitioners previously certified as Rx2 expanded prescriptive authority, will be certified for injection therapy, intravenous therapy and bioidentical hormone therapy.

B. The expanded practice shall include:

(1) the prescribing, administering, compounding and dispensing of herbal medicines, homeopathic medicines, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, glandular products, natural substances, natural medicines, protomorphogens, live cell products, gerovital, dietary and nutritional supplements, cosmetics as they are defined in the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act (26-1-1 NMSA 1978) and nonprescription drugs as they are defined in the Pharmacy Act (61-11-1 NMSA 1978); and

(2) the prescribing, administering, compounding and dispensing of the following dangerous drugs or controlled substances as they are defined in the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, the Controlled Substances Act (30-31-1 NMSA 1978) or the Pharmacy Act:
(a) sterile water;

(b) sterile saline;

(c) sarapin or its generic;

(d) caffeine;

(e) procaine;

(f) oxygen;

(g) epinephrine;

(h) vapocoolants;

(i) bioidentical hormones; and

(j) biological products, including therapeutic serum.

C. When compounding drugs for their patients, doctors of oriental medicine certified for expanded practice and prescriptive authority shall comply with the compounding requirements for licensed health care professionals in the United States pharmacopeia and national formulary.

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