New Mexico Statutes
Article 10 - Osteopathic Medicine
Section 61-10-8 - Professional education. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

A. After July 1, 2016, a first-time applicant for licensure to practice as an osteopathic physician shall:
(1) be a graduate of a college of osteopathic medicine accredited by the commission on osteopathic college accreditation and recognized by the American osteopathic association; and
(2) have completed at least two years of post-graduate training approved by the American osteopathic association or the accreditation council for graduate medical education.
B. An osteopathic physician who has been licensed in this state or another state of the United States before July 1, 2016 shall have completed at least one year of post-graduate training approved by the American osteopathic association or the accreditation council for graduate medical education.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 117, § 6; 1941 Comp., § 51-806; Laws 1945, ch. 79, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 67-8-6; Laws 1955, ch. 42, § 1; 1975, ch. 296, § 5; 1985, ch. 112, § 1; 1989, ch. 371, § 4; 2016, ch. 90, § 9.
Delayed repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 54, § 49 repealed 61-10-8 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, provided for additional requirements for licensure as an osteopathic physician; after the catchline, deleted "To be considered for licensure to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon, the applicant", added the new subsection designation "A" and added the new introductory sentence in Subsection A, redesignated former Subsections A and B as Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Subsection A, respectively, in Paragraph (1), after "osteopathic medicine", deleted "and surgery", after "accredited by", added "the commission on osteopathic college accreditation and recognized by", in Paragraph (2), after "have completed", deleted "an" and added "at least two years of post-graduate training approved by the", after "American osteopathic association or", deleted "American medical association approved post-graduate one-year residency program or rotating internship program" and added "the accreditation council for graduate medical education."; and added a new Subsection B.
The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, substituted the present undesignated introductory paragraph for "Standards of professional education to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon are fixed as follows:"; deleted former Subsection A, which provided specific preliminary education requirements; and rewrote former Subsections B and C, while redesignating them as present Subsections A and B.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61 Am. Jur. 2d Physicians, Surgeons and Other Healers §§ 29, 56 to 58.

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