New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 8 / April 19, 2022
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
Public
Notice. The New Mexico
Medical Board (NMMB) gives notice that it will conduct a public rule hearing on
June 3, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (MDT). This
rule hearing is tentatively in person and can be accessed virtually. The purpose of the public hearing is to
receive public input on the proposed amendments to 16.10.2 NMAC -
Physicians: Physicians Licensure
Requirements. Physical Hearing Location
is 2055 South Pacheco Street, Bldg. 400, Santa Fe, NM 87505.
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Purpose.
During the 2019 Legislative Session SB349
passed and was signed by Governor Lujan Grisham on April 3, 2019. SB349 enacted new sections of the Medical
Practice Act to provide temporary exemption to licensure requirements to
visiting physicians who provide care to out-of-state sports team members and
staff during sporting events. The
addition to the Medical Practice Act requires promulgation of rules to
implement the provisions set forth in SB349.
Additionally,
the New Mexico Medical Board has relied on the California Medical Board’s list
of approved and disapproved foreign medical schools for licensure
qualification. The California Medical
Board will be inactivating the list in 2027.
In preparation for this, the New Mexico Medical Board is proposing that
a foreign medical graduate who has been vetted and approved for a board
approved post graduate training program and holds an Educational Commission for
Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification will be considered to have
graduated from an acceptable medical education program, as if they have
graduated from a Board approved school.
The
statutory authorization. Sections 61-6-1
through 61-6-35 NMSA 1978.
No
technical information serves as a basis for this proposed rule change.
Public
comment. Interested parties
may provide comment on the proposed amendments of this state rule at the public
hearing or may submit written comments to Sondra Frank, Esq., New Mexico
Medical Board, 2055 South Pacheco Street, Bldg. 400, Santa Fe, NM 87505, or by electronic mail to AmandaL.Quintana@state.nm.us. All written comments must be received no
later than 5:00 p.m. (MDT) on June 1, 2022. All written comments will be posted to the
agency website within (3) three business days.
Copies
of proposed rule. Copies of the
proposed rules may be accessed through the New Mexico Medical Board’s website
at www.nmmb.state.nm.us or may be obtained from the Board office by calling (505)
476-7220 or via
email at AmandaL.Quintana@state.nm.us.
Individuals
with disabilities who require the above information in an alternative format,
or who need any form of auxiliary aid to attend or participate in the public
hearing are asked to contact Amanda Quintana at (505) 476-7230 or via email at AmandaL.Quintana@state.nm.us. The New Mexico Medical Board requires at
least ten (10) calendar days advance notice to provide any special
accommodations requested.
Summary
of proposed changes. The Board
summarizes its proposed changes to its administrative rules as follows:
16.10.2
NMAC - Physicians: Licensure
Requirements
As
a general summary, the proposed changes to 16.10.2 NMAC are to add an exemption
to licensure requirements for visiting sports team physicians.
An
additional proposed change to 16.10.2 NMAC is to change the foreign medical
graduate educational requirements from the school being on the approved list of
the California State Medical Board to a foreign medical graduate who has been
vetted and approved for a board approved post graduate training program and
holds an Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
certification will be considered to have graduated from an acceptable medical
education program.