New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16.2.1.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The following definitions apply to the rules and the
				  act.
A.
Definitions beginning
				with "A":
(1)
"A4M"
is the
				American academy of anti-aging medicine.
(2)
"ACAM"
is the American
				college of alternative medicine.
(3)
"ACAHM"
herbal medicine,
				formerly known as and synonymous with the accreditation commission for
				acupuncture and oriental medicine, (ACAOM), and any previous or former names
				used by the institution including the national accreditation commission for
				schools and colleges of acupuncture and oriental medicine, (ACSCAOM).
(4)
"Act"
is the Acupuncture and
				Oriental Medicine Practice Act, Sections
				61-14A-1 through
				61-14A-22 NMSA 1978.
(5)
"AMA"
is the American
				medical association.
(6)
"Animal acupuncture"
is acupuncture performed on any animal other
				than man. Animal acupuncture is authorized under the supervision of a doctor of
				veterinary medicine licensed in New Mexico and only under the guidelines of the
				rules of the New Mexico Veterinary Practice Act 61-14-1 to 61-14-20 NMSA 1978
				and the rules of the New Mexico board of veterinary medicine
				16.25.9.15 NMAC.
(7)
"Applicant"
is a person who
				has submitted to the board an application for licensure as a doctor of oriental
				medicine.
(8)
"Applicant for
				temporary licensure"
is a person who has submitted to the board an
				application for temporary licensure as a doctor of oriental medicine.
(9)
"Auricular acupuncture
				detoxification"
is an acupuncture related technique used only in the
				treatment and prevention of alcoholism, substance abuse and chemical
				dependency. Auricular acupuncture detoxification may be described or referred
				to as "auricular detoxification", "acupuncture detoxification", "auricular
				acupuncture detoxification", or "acudetox".
(10)
"Auricular detoxification
				specialist supervisor"
is a doctor of oriental medicine registered with
				the board under the provisions of
				16.2.16.18 NMAC.
(11)
"Auricular detoxification
				specialist training program"
is a training program approved by the board
				under the provisions of
				16.2.16.26 NMAC to train certified
				auricular detoxification specialists and auricular detoxification
				supervisors.
(12)
"Auricular
				detoxification specialist training program trainer"
is a member of the
				staff of an auricular detoxification specialist training program who, though
				not necessarily licensed or certified by the state, shall be deemed to be a
				certified auricular detoxification specialist only for the purposes of and only
				for the duration of the auricular detoxification specialist training
				program.
(13)
"Authorized
				substances"
are the specific substances defined in the four
				certification in 16.2.20 NMAC that are authorized according to Paragraph (1) of
				Subsection C of Section
				61-14A-8 NMSA 1978 of the act for
				prescription, administration, compounding and dispensing by a doctor of
				oriental medicine certified for a specific category of expanded practice as
				defined in 16.2.19 NMAC.