New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 21 - PODIATRISTS
Part 8 - CONTINUING EDUCATION
Section 16.21.8.11 - ALLOWED COURSES AND PROVIDERS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The following courses and activities are acceptable for CME credit:
A. POST GRADUATE EDUCATION: This category includes internships, residencies and fellowships, 14 hours of credit allowed for full time participants.
B. SPECIALTY TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS: Four hours of credit per certificate for specialty training with a maximum of 10 hours per year. A maximum of 10 hours of credit is allowed for certification with a CPME approved board initially obtained or renewed within the license renewal cycle.
C. TEACHING: One credit hour is allowed for each hour of teaching medical students or physicians in a United States medical school, an approved residency/fellowship or for teaching in other programs approved by the board with maximum of 10 hours per reporting.
D. PHYSICIAN PRECEPTORS/MENTORS: A maximum of five hours of credit during a year reporting period is acceptable for licensed podiatrists who are acting as preceptors/mentors for students enrolled in an accredited medical degree program or as preceptors/mentors for students enrolled in a combined bachelor of arts and medical degree program.
E. PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS: 10 hours of credit are allowed for each original scientific medical paper or publication written by a licensee. For acceptance, papers must have been presented to a recognized national, international, regional or state society or organization whose membership is primarily physicians; or must have been published in a recognized medical or medically related scientific journal.
F. ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: Two hours of credit may be claimed during reporting period for successful completion of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), advanced trauma life support (ATLS) and neonatal advanced life support (NALS) courses.
