New Mexico Register / Volume
XXXIII, Issue 1 / January 11, 2022
This is an amendment
to 16.22.26 NMAC, Section 8 effective 02/10/2022.
16.22.26.8 GRADUATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT: REQUIREMENTS:
A. Conditional prescription certificate. Graduates of the department of defense
psychopharmacology demonstration project who have been actively engaged in
prescribing psychotropic medication for at least two of the last five years
immediately preceding the date of application may apply for a conditional
prescription certificate and shall meet these requirements:
(1) 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 prescription certificate.
(2) Supervision
plan. The period of 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.
(3) 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).
[(3)] (4) Issuance of prescription certificate. The RxP application committee shall recommend
to the board issuance of a prescription certificate to a graduate of the
department of defense psychopharmacology demonstration project who qualifies in
accordance with these regulations.
B. Prescription certificate. Graduates of the department of defense
psychopharmacology demonstration project shall be issued a prescription
certificate if they hold an active unrestricted New Mexico license as a
psychologist and present to the board evidence that they hold a valid
certificate as a department of defense prescribing psychologist.
[16.22.26.8 NMAC -
Rp, 16.22.26.8 NMAC, 11/15/2006; A, 02/10/2022]