Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
In addition to the continuing education requirements listed
in
16.2.9.8
NMAC, doctors of oriental medicine previously certified in expanded practice
are subject to the following requirements beginning August 1, 2013:
A. a doctor of oriental medicine certified
for expanded practice in one or more areas as defined in 16.2.19 NMAC shall
complete continuing education hours as follows:
(1) three hours every three years for
recertification in basic injection therapy;
(2) seven hours every three years for
recertification in injection therapy;
(3) seven hours every three years for
recertification in intravenous therapies; and
(4) seven hours every three years for
recertification in bioidentical hormone therapy;
(5) except that a doctor of oriental medicine
recertifying in injection therapy or intravenous therapy need not complete an
additional three hours in basic injection therapy;
(6) doctors of oriental medicine previously
certified as Rx1 shall need seven hours, every three years, for recertification
in prolotherapy as specified in Section 16 of 16.2.19 NMAC.
B. license holders who are newly
certified for expanded practice shall complete continuing education hours on a
prorated basis during the first years(s) of certification, and then shall
comply with recertification requirements every three years
thereafter;
C. courses approved for
recertification taken within 120 days prior to a renewal cycle may be carried
over and applied to the next renewal cycle, but may not be used for both
renewal cycles.
D. the continuing
education shall be about substances in the board approved appropriate expanded
practice formulary or formularies defined in 16.2.20 NMAC or updated
information in improving current techniques or other techniques that are part
of the expanded practice certification as defined in 16.2.19 NMAC;
E. continuing education courses, including
teachers, shall be approved by the board:
(1)
course providers requesting approval for Rx continuing education certification
shall be required to submit the following materials to the board for approval
no less than 45 days prior to the date of the course offering and the materials
shall include:
(a) an application fee as
defined in Subsection C of
16.2.10.9
NMAC;
(b) course description,
including objectives, subject matter, number of hours, date time and location;
and
(c) curriculum vitae of the
instructor(s) including previous experience of at least five years in subjects
they are engaged to teach;
(2) courses approved by national providers of
continuing medical education(CME) are recognized by the board as approved
providers for expanded practice continuing education units (CEU) including but
not limited to A4M, ACAM, AMA, IFM;
(3) individual practitioners requesting
approval for a specific course that has not already been approved as defined in
Paragraph (2) of Subsection D of 16.2.9.9 NMAC, for their own personal
continuing education shall submit a copy of the course brochure including a
course description, subject matter, contact hours, and curriculum vitae of the
instructor 45 days prior to the course offering;
(4) the continuing education committee shall
meet each month on or before the 15th to review
course materials if applications have been submitted; electronic review is
acceptable;
(5) a doctor of
oriental medicine certified for expanded practice in basic injection, injection
or intravenous therapies must remain current in basic life support, BLS, and
CPR with proof of having completed an American heart association approved
course; hands-on supervised practice of clinical skills is required; the
didactic portion may be completed on-line; a current copy of this card shall be
submitted to the board at the time of each triennial expanded practice
certification renewal; and
F. teaching an approved continuing education
course shall be equivalent to taking the approved course; the first time that
the course is offered, continuing education that is appropriate for regularly
licensed doctors of oriental medicine shall not be considered as fulfilling the
above requirements for expanded practice continuing education, the board may
determine specific mandatory courses that must be completed; specific mandatory
courses shall be noticed at least six months prior to the date of the course;
exceptions to being required to complete a specific mandatory course may be
made for good cause.
