2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 10 - Osteopathic Medicine
Section 61-10-11.2 - Osteopathic physician assistant; licensure; scope of authority; registration of supervision; change of supervision. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

61-10-11.2. Osteopathic physician assistant; licensure; scope of authority; registration of supervision; change of supervision. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

A. No person shall perform or attempt to perform as an osteopathic physician assistant without first applying for and obtaining a license from the board as an osteopathic physician assistant and having the person's supervision registered in accordance with board regulations.

B. Osteopathic physician assistants may prescribe, administer and distribute dangerous drugs other than controlled substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act [Chapter 30, Article 31 NMSA 1978] pursuant to regulations adopted by the board after consultation with the board of pharmacy if the prescribing, administering and distributing are done under the direction of a supervising physician; provided that such prescribing, administering and distributing are within the parameters of a board-approved formulary and guidelines established pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection D of Section 61-10-5 NMSA 1978. The distribution process shall comply with state laws concerning prescription packaging, labeling and recordkeeping requirements.

C. An osteopathic physician assistant shall perform only those acts and duties assigned by a supervising physician that are within the scope of practice of such physician.

D. An applicant for a license as an osteopathic physician assistant shall complete application forms that the board supplies and pay a fee as provided in Section 61-10-6.1 NMSA 1978. Upon licensing by the board, the applicant shall have the applicant's name and address and other pertinent information enrolled by the board on a roster of osteopathic physician assistants.

E. Each osteopathic physician assistant shall biennially submit proof of completion of continuing education as required by the board and register the osteopathic physician assistant's name and current address, the name and office address of the supervising physician and such additional information as the board deems necessary.

F. In addition to the biennial requirements regarding the osteopathic physician assistant's supervising physician in Subsection E of this section, each osteopathic physician assistant has an ongoing duty to notify the board of a termination of supervision and to register the name and office address of a new supervising physician and the date on which supervision will commence. Each biennial registration or registration of new supervision shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in Section 61-10-6.1 NMSA 1978.

History: Laws 2016, ch. 90, 22.