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New Mexico Medical Board Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the New Mexico Medical Board will convene an Interim Board Meeting on September 26, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the State Bar of New Mexico located at 5121 Masthead NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109.

Meeting Agenda

The Board may go into executive session to discuss pending litigation, personnel or licensee matters. A final agenda for the Board Meeting will be available at the Board office and on the Board's website 72 hours prior to the meeting.

If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service in order to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact Amanda Quintana at 505-476-7230 or AmandaL.Quintana@state.nm.us prior to the meeting. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the Executive director if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.
New Naloxone Prescribing Requirements
Senate Bill 221 
Information Needed:
The Department of Health has recently started implementing academic detailing focused on opioid prescribing with their partners UNM and Southwest Care Center. Academic detailing is an innovative, 1-on-1 outreach education technique that helps clinicians provide evidence-based care to their patients. Given busy schedules and competing demands for time, clinicians may not be able to compile the most up-to-date evidence from a continuous influx of research on the comparative effectiveness, safety, and cost of various treatments. In response, trained academic detailers can meet with clinicians to assess individual needs and needs of the practice to offer tailored, evidence-based clinical recommendations.

The Department of Health is seeking information to improve public health practice. This information will be used to tailor education sessions to better support opioid and controlled substance prescribers. They would greatly value your voluntary input and would appreciate if you could take ~8 minutes to complete the survey and forward it along to your colleagues. DOH would love to hear your views even if you have not prescribed opioids before. Thank you.

You can click this link to access the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7CKRQXR
About the Board

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."

Notices

New Mexico Medical Board Interim Meeting
September 26, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

Notice is hereby given that the New Mexico Medical Board will convene an Interim Board Meeting on September 26, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the State Bar of New Mexico located at 5121 Masthead NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109.

Meeting Agenda

The Board may go into executive session to discuss pending litigation, personnel or licensee matters. A final agenda for the Board Meeting will be available at the Board office and on the Board's website 72 hours prior to the meeting.

If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service in order to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact Amanda Quintana at 505-476-7230 or AmandaL.Quintana@state.nm.us prior to the meeting. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the Executive director if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.



Volunteers, Health Providers Sought for State Medical Reserve Corps. Click HERE for more information



New Naloxone Prescribing Requirements

Senate Bill 221 - Naloxone Prescribing Requirements



Guidelines for the Use of Benzodiazepines in the State of New Mexico

Final DRAFT 2/19/2018: Guidelines for the Use of Benzodiazepines



MEDICAL DOCTORS: CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION LISTING REQUIRED FOR RENEWAL

Beginning with the 2019 Renewal Cycle, the Board is requiring MD's to provide a list of the Continuing Medical Education that is required for renewal. The online renewal application does not have the listing included. You must go to the Renewal Tab and click on the Required CME Listing and follow the directions on there. If you have any questions, please contact the board office.



MANDATORY CME LIST FOR MD RENEWALS

The Board requires 75 hours of CME credits each triennial renewal cycle but has seen a marked decrease in compliance with this rule. The Board will be instituting a different process for all MD licensees at renewal beginning this 2019 renewal cycle in order to address these deficiencies.

All renewing MDs will be required to list each continuing education course taken to meet the 75 hour CME requirement per 16.10.4.8 NMAC. On both the online and paper applications, licensees will enter the name of the course, the date attended and the number of hours received for the course.

If the MD cannot provide a list of 75 hours of qualifying CME, the licensee must apply for an emergency deferral by July 1, 2019. An emergency deferral allows the renewing physician an additional 90 days to complete the CME.

Renewing MDs who do not provide a CME verification list or who do not apply for an emergency deferral timely will not be issued a renewal license. Note: MD's are not required to provide proof of attending the CME with the renewal application, but must complete the list of courses attended in the renewal application. Please do not send certificates or other proof of attendance with your renewal application.

An annual audit of licensees is conducted every year around August and September. Therefore, if an MD is chosen for this random 10% audit, the licensee will be required to furnish proof of attending all CME listed on their renewal application.

Licensees who have affirmed in the renewal application that they have attained the required 75 hours of CME in questions 19 and 19a of the renewal application and who cannot provide proof to the Board of attendance at these CMEs may be assessed a fine of $500 per the Board rules or may face disciplinary action by the Board.

We recognize this is a significant change from previous year's renewal process and remain ready to help our licensees. Please contact us at nmbme@state.nm.us or 505-476-7220 if you have any questions or concerns. We have also updated our website with this notification and a copy of the CME Rule. Please refer to the CME Rule in determining if credits qualify.



Effective September 17, 2018 the New Mexico Medical Board made changes to 16.10.10 NMAC "Reporting Requirements for Licensees, Applicants and Other Persons and Entities."

Click HERE to review the revised rule!

Specifically, the revision makes clear:

  • The board's reporting requirements apply to applicants as well as licensees.
  • Applicants and licensees have a duty to report all types of adverse actions, not just those relating to or affecting their competence or clinical privileges.
  • Health plans and networks are among the entities that must report actions involving licensees and applicants.
  • Licensees and applicants have a duty to report colleagues who are impaired, incompetent or unethical.
  • Licensees and applicants have a duty to self-report to the board if their ability to practice safely or effectively is impaired.


Sep 26 2019

New Mexico Medical Board Interim Meeting

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