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Section 61-6-1 - Short title; purpose. - A. Chapter 61, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited...
Section 61-6-2 - New Mexico medical board; appointment; terms; qualifications. - A. There is created the "New Mexico medical board", consisting...
Section 61-6-3 - Meetings of the board; quorum. - A. The board shall hold four regular meetings every fiscal...
Section 61-6-4 - Election; duties of officers; reimbursement of board members. - A. At its annual meeting, the board shall elect a...
Section 61-6-5 - Duties and powers. - The board shall: A. enforce and administer the provisions of...
Section 61-6-6 - Definitions. - As used in the Medical Practice Act: A. "approved postgraduate...
Section 61-6-7 - Short title; licensure as a physician assistant; scope of practice; biennial registration of supervision; license renewal; fees. - A. Sections 61-6-7 through 61-6-10 NMSA 1978 may be cited...
Section 61-6-7.1 - Definitions. - As used in the Physician Assistant Act [61-6-7 to 61-6-10...
Section 61-6-7.2 - Inactive license. - A. A physician assistant license shall expire every two years...
Section 61-6-7.3 - Exemption from licensure. - A. A physician assistant student enrolled in a physician assistant...
Section 61-6-7.4 - Physician assistant collaboration with licensed physicians; scope of practice; medical malpractice insurance. - A. A physician assistant may perform the acts and duties...
Section 61-6-8 to 61-6-8.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 19, § 29 repealed 61-6-8...
Section 61-6-9 - Physician assistants; rules. - The board may adopt and enforce reasonable rules for: A....
Section 61-6-10 - Supervising or collaborating licensed physician; responsibility. - A. As a condition of licensure, all physician assistants practicing...
Section 61-6-10.1 - Short title. - This act [61-6-10.1 to 61-6-10.10 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 61-6-10.2 - Definitions. - As used in the Anesthesiologist Assistants Act: A. "anesthesiologist" means...
Section 61-6-10.2 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2025.) - As used in the Anesthesiologist Assistants Act: A. "anesthesiologist" means...
Section 61-6-10.3 - Licensure; registration; anesthesiologist assistant; scope of authority. - A. The board may license qualified persons as anesthesiologist assistants....
Section 61-6-10.4 - Annual registration of employment; employment change. - A. Upon becoming licensed, the board shall register the anesthesiologist...
Section 61-6-10.5 - Fees. - Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the following...
Section 61-6-10.6 - Inactive license. - A. An anesthesiologist assistant who notifies the board in writing...
Section 61-6-10.7 - Exemption from licensure. - A. An anesthesiologist assistant student enrolled in an anesthesiologist assistant...
Section 61-6-10.8 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 19, § 29 repealed 61-6-10.8...
Section 61-6-10.9 - Rules. - A. The board may adopt and enforce reasonable rules: (1)...
Section 61-6-10.10 - Supervising anesthesiologist; responsibilities. - A. Supervising anesthesiologists shall be licensed to practice pursuant to...
Section 61-6-10.11 - Anesthesiologist assistants; employment conditions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2025.) - An anesthesiologist assistant shall: A. be a current or future...
Section 61-6-11 - Physician licensure. - A. The board may consider for licensure a person who...
Section 61-6-11.1 - Telemedicine license. - A. The board shall issue a licensed physician a telemedicine...
Section 61-6-12 - Criminal offender's character evaluation. - The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [Chapter 28,...
Section 61-6-13 - Physician licensure by endorsement. - A. The board may grant a license by endorsement to...
Section 61-6-14 - Organized youth camp or school temporary licenses and temporary licenses for out-of-state physicians. - A. The secretary-treasurer of the board or the board's designee...
Section 61-6-15 - License may be refused, revoked or suspended; licensee may be fined, censured or reprimanded; procedure; practice after suspension or revocation; penalty; unprofessional and dishonorable conduct defined; fees and expenses. - A. The board may refuse to license and may revoke...
Section 61-6-15.1 - Summary suspension or restriction of license. - A. The board may summarily suspend or restrict a license...
Section 61-6-16 - Reporting of settlements and judgments, professional review actions and acceptance of surrendered license; immunity from civil damages; penalty. - A. All entities that make payments under a policy of...
Section 61-6-17 - Exceptions to act. - The Medical Practice Act shall not apply to or affect:...
Section 61-6-17.1 - Temporary licensure exemption; out-of-state physicians; out-of-state sports teams. - A. An individual who is licensed in good standing to...
Section 61-6-18 - Medical students; interns; residents; fellows. - A. Nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall prevent a...
Section 61-6-18.1 - Public service license. - A. Applicants for a public service license shall meet all...
Section 61-6-19 - Fees. - A. Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the...
Section 61-6-20 - Practicing without license; penalty. - A. Any person who practices medicine or who attempts to...
Section 61-6-21 - Continuing medical education; penalty. - A. For the purpose of protecting the health and well-being...
Section 61-6-22 - Injunction to prevent practice without a license. - The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney, the board or any...
Section 61-6-23 - Investigation; subpoena. - To investigate a complaint against an applicant or a licensee,...
Section 61-6-24 - Limitations on actions. - A. No action that would have any of the effects...
Section 61-6-25 - False statement; penalty. - Any person making a false statement under oath or a...
Section 61-6-26 - Triennial renewal fees; penalty for failure to renew license. - A. On or before July 1 of every third year,...
Section 61-6-27 - Issuance and display of renewal certificate. - The board shall issue to each licensed physician, upon application...
Section 61-6-28 - Licensed physicians; changing location. - A licensed physician or practitioner under licensure authority of the...
Section 61-6-29 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 19, § 29 repealed 61-6-29...
Section 61-6-30 - Restoration of good standing; fees and other requirements. - A. Before restoring to good standing a license that has...
Section 61-6-31 - Disposition of funds; New Mexico medical board fund created; method of payments. - A. There is created the "New Mexico medical board fund"....
Section 61-6-31.1 - Board of medical examiners [New Mexico medical board] fund; authorized use. - Pursuant to Subsection D of Section 61-6-31 NMSA 1978, the...
Section 61-6-32 - Termination of suspension of license for mental illness; restoration; terms and conditions. - A. A suspension under Paragraph (25) of Subsection D of...
Section 61-6-33 - Licensure status. - Upon a verified written request, a licensee may request that...
Section 61-6-34 - Protected actions; communication. - A. No current or former member of the board, officer,...
Section 61-6-35 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 61-6-32, enacted by Laws 1979, ch....