TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 22 PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATES
PART 27 CONDITIONAL PRESCRIBING OR
PRESCRIBING PSYCHOLOGISTS: FORMULARY
16.22.27.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
Regulation and Licensing Department Board of Psychologist Examiners.
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16.22.27.2 SCOPE: This
part applies to the board, licensees, applicants for licensure seeking licenses
under prescriptive authority, and the general public.
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16.22.27.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: This part is adopted
pursuant to the Professional Psychologist Act, Section 61-9-17.2 and 61-9-3 NMSA
1978.
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16.22.27.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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16.22.27.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: October
8, 2024 unless a later date is cited at the end of the
section.
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16.22.27.6 OBJECTIVE: The
objective of Part 27 is to set forth the provisions, which apply to all of
Chapter 22, and all persons affected or regulated by Chapter 22 of Title 16.
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16.22.27.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
[Refer to 16.22.1.7
NMAC]
16.22.27.8 FORMULARY:
A. Conditional
prescribing or prescribing psychologists shall exercise prescriptive authority
using psychotropic medications, as defined in Section 61-9-3 NMSA 1978, within
the recognized scope of practice of clinical psychopharmacology including the
management of side effects and for which the psychologist has been properly
educated and trained.
B. As provided by Section
61-9-3 NMSA 1978, of the Act when
prescribing psychotropic medication for a patient, a conditional prescribing or
prescribing psychologist shall maintain an ongoing collaborative relationship
with a health care practitioner who oversees the patient’s general medical care
to ensure that necessary medical examinations are conducted and significant
changes in the patient’s medical or psychological condition are communicated.
C. A conditional
prescribing or prescribing psychologist shall not treat:
(1) pain
disorders, including Somatic Symptom Disorder With Predominant Pain, with
opioid narcotics with the exception of buprenorphine;
(2) orthopedic
and gynecological illness or disorders;
D. A conditional
prescribing or prescribing psychologist shall treat psychopharmacologically
only behavioral or mental disorders listed in the most
recent edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
published by the American Psychiatric Association or most recent version of the
International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
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HISTORY OF
16.22.27 NMAC:
History of Repealed Material:
16.22.27 NMAC, Conditional
Prescribing or Prescribing Psychologists: Formulary, filed 11/15/2006 was
repealed and replaced by 16.22.27 NMAC, Conditional Prescribing or Prescribing
Psychologists: Formulary, effective 10/08/2024.