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Welcome to the New Mexico Medical Board Website!
NEW! Uniform Application for Physician State Licensure

The New Mexico Medical Board is pleased to offer the new online application process for physicians called the Uniform Application for Physician State Licensure or UA. The UA will benefit physicians by reducing redundancy in filling out multiple applications when applying for licensure in multiple states, thus increasing portability. This new and exciting program is a major innovation in the medical licensing system.

Click on the "Start Here" link below to start your Uniform Application.

Uniform Application for Physician State Licensure
NEW PAIN MANAGEMENT RULES AIMED AT REDUCING NM OVERDOSE AND DEATH RATES
Click HERE to view Letter to Physicians & Physician Assistants mailed in June 2012 Click HERE to review the Rule on Management of Pain with Controlled Substances effective 9/28/12 Click HERE to view a list of approved pain management CME courses
  • The LETTER is an ALERT to Physicians and Physician Assistants that major changes in the PRESCRIPTION of CONTROLLED DRUGS are now LAW.

  • On June 21, the PHARMACY BOARD voted to accept their proposed changes to Rules 16.19.4 Pharmacists, 16.19.20 Controlled Substances, and 16.19.29 Prescription Monitoring Program. Click HERE to access the Board of Pharmacy Prescription Monitoring Program.
MD LICENSES, INCLUDING TELEMEDICINE AND RESIDENT LICENSES THAT EXPIRE JULY 1, 2013
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TO RENEW
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSES
THAT EXPIRE MARCH 1, 2013
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TO RENEW
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Did You Know

the Medical Board has a rule for the "Delegated Use of Devices and Procedures by Medical Assistants; Cosmetic Injections" and that these medical assistants need to be under the "direct" supervision of a physician?

Rule 16.10.13.8 states that the use of medical therapeutic and cosmetic devices is the practice of medicine. Pursuant to the Medical Practice Act, Section 61-6-20, any person who practices medicine without a license in New Mexico is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

Rule 16.10.13.8, Paragraph A, Subparagraph (2) requires that the supervising physician be immediately available on the premises.

Rule 16.10.13.8, Paragraph D requires the supervising physician to complete a "certificate of training" form and to submit it to the Board prior to the use of a medical therapeutic or cosmetic device by the medical assistant. Although not specified in the rule, that "certificate of training" should be maintained in the medical assistant's personnel file.

Rule 16.10.13.9 states that injection of cosmetic or aesthetic substances [e.g., botox] is considered to be the practice of medicine and "shall not be delegated to medical assistants".

Click here to review Rule 16.10.13 NMAC.
MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS NEED YOU!!!!

UNM School of Medicine is seeking clinical preceptors for
medical students / BA - MD students / physician assistant students.

Click here for details.
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The Board's Purpose

The New Mexico Medical Board was established by the State Legislature "in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare and to protect the public from the improper, unprofessional, incompetent and unlawful practice of medicine."


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