New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 23 - RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS
Part 14 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR NON-LICENSED, NON-EXEMPTED PERSONS
Section 16.23.14.9 - EXCEPTIONS TO LICENSURE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The following individuals are exempted from licensure under the Respiratory Care Act.
A. Persons licensed by other appropriate State agencies may perform the respiratory care functions and procedures provided in NMSA 1978, Section 61-12B-3, so long as they are authorized to do so by their profession's licensing body.
B. Persons who provide respiratory care-related self-care.
C. Persons, who do not represent themselves to be respiratory care practitioners, but who provide gratuitous care to friends or family members, or who provide respiratory care services in a case of emergency.
D. Persons who have demonstrated competency in one or more areas covered by the Respiratory Care Act may perform only those functions that they are qualified by examination to perform, as long as the testing body offering the examination is certified by the national commission for health certifying agencies.