New Mexico Register / Volume
XXXIII, Issue 1 / January 11, 2022
This is an amendment
to 16.22.25 NMAC, Section 8, and new Section 11 effective 02/10/2022.
16.22.25.8 APPLICATION FOR PRESCRIPTION
CERTIFICATE:
A. An applicant for a prescription certificate
shall submit a complete application on a form approved by the board. The applicant is responsible to ensure that
the application is complete and timely and that all application fees are paid.
B. The application procedure, shall
commence no sooner than 60 days and no later than 10 days prior to expiration
of the conditional prescription certificate, whereby the applicant shall submit
a non-refundable fee (see fee schedule at 16.22.13.8 of these regulations)
established by the board and shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board
that the applicant:
(1) has
been issued a conditional prescription certificate and has successfully
completed or anticipates successfully completing two years of prescribing
psychotropic medication, as certified by the primary supervising [physician]
independently licensed prescribing clinician pursuant to 16.22.24 NMAC of these
regulations;
(2) holds
an active and unrestricted license to practice psychology in New Mexico;
(3) has
malpractice insurance as required in 16.22.24 NMAC, of these regulations; the psychologist shall submit to the board a
copy of the declaration page of his malpractice insurance policy with the
application.
C. Only a complete application will be considered. The board may request additional information
from the applicant to verify or confirm the information in the application.
[16.22.25.8 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.25.8 NMAC, 11/15/2006; A, 02/10/2022]
16.22.25.11 APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL
PRESCRIPTION CERTIFICATE BY APPLICANTS LICENSED TO PRESCRIBE IN OTHER AREAS: A person who has been licensed or certified
as a prescribing psychologist by another state, territorial possession of the
United States, District of Columbia, or another country, for a minimum of 2
years, may apply for a conditional prescription certificate and shall meet
these requirements:
A. Psychology licensure. Applicant
shall hold an active, unrestricted New Mexico license as a psychologist.
B. Psychopharmacology education. The applicant shall demonstrate completion of
the required academic coursework to the satisfaction of the board.
C. New Mexico jurisprudence
examination. The applicant shall
demonstrate evidence of completion of a 3-hour training in New Mexico rules and
laws applicable to prescribing psychologists, as offered by the state
psychologist association of New Mexico (SPA), or the New Mexico psychological
association (NMPA).
D. Additional supervision
training. The RxP application committee
shall make recommendations to the board concerning additional supervision and
training that may be required. The board
shall review the committee recommendations and determine the additional
supervision and training required of the applicant in order to qualify for a
conditional prescription certificate.
E. Supervision plan. The period of conditional supervised practice
shall be determined by the board based on the applicant’s education, training,
and experience and shall not be less than three months or more than two
years. The applicant shall submit to the
psychopharmacology application committee a supervisory plan as outlined in
Subsection H of 16.22.24.10 NMAC, of these regulations. The same requirements set forth in
16.22.24.10 NMAC, shall apply to the supervisory period.
F. Issuance of prescription
certificate. The RxP application
committee shall recommend to the board issuance of a conditional prescription
certificate to the applicant who qualifies in accordance with these regulations.
[16.22.25.11 NMAC – N, 02/10/2022]