New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 19 / October 8, 2024
This is an amendment to 16.22.25 NMAC, Section 8,
effective 10/08/2024.
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 [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.] The application shall also include the following:
(1) a log of patients seen, which shall
include: a coded identification number for the patient, patient’s age, gender,
diagnosis, whether or not pharmacological intervention
was considered or implemented, date of service, and amount of time seen for
psychopharmacotherapy or management of care. The log shall contain the name and
signature of the supervising clinician;
(2) a log of supervision, which shall
include date of supervision, time spent in supervision, topics covered, and the
name of the primary or secondary supervising clinician who provided
supervision. The log shall be signed by
the primary supervising clinician.
D. 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; A, 10/08/2024]