New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 22 - PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATES › Part 24 - APPLICATION PROCEDURES: TWO-YEAR SUPERVISED PRACTICE › Section 16.22.24.10 - TWO YEAR SUPERVISED PRACTICE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				The conditional prescribing psychologist shall be supervised by an
				independently licensed prescribing clinician knowledgeable of the
				administration of psychotropic medication. If more than one supervisor is
				selected, one supervisor shall be designated the primary supervising
				independently licensed prescribing clinician.
B. The board shall approve the supervisory
				plan before the conditional prescription certificate is issued. The proposed
				supervisory plan shall include the information contained in 16.22.24 NMAC, and
				shall be signed by the primary supervising independently licensed prescribing
				clinician.
C. After the board
				approves the supervisory plan, the conditional prescribing psychologist shall
				within 30 days submit to the New Mexico medical board the name, address and
				phone number of the conditional prescribing psychologist and the name(s),
				address(s) and phone number(s) of the primary supervising independently
				licensed prescribing clinician and secondary supervising independently licensed
				prescribing clinician, if any. During the period of supervised practice, the
				conditional prescribing psychologist shall provide to the New Mexico medical
				board the name(s), address(s) and phone number(s) of any supervising
				independently licensed prescribing clinician or independently licensed
				prescribing clinician serving as a substitute or replacement for primary or
				secondary supervisor(s).
D. Each
				supervisor shall have clinical expertise or training with the patient
				population that the psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate is
				evaluating and treating.
E. During
				the initial contact between the patient or the patient's legal guardian, if
				any, and the conditional prescribing psychologist, the patient or the patient's
				legal guardian shall be informed that the psychologist has received specialized
				training in the prescription of psychotropic medication, that the psychologist
				is transitioning to independent psychopharmacological practice, and that the
				psychologist is practicing under supervision with respect to the prescribing of
				psychotropic medication. The name and role of the supervisor shall be provided
				to the patient or the patient's legal guardian and informed consent and
				appropriate releases shall be obtained. The conditional prescribing
				psychologist shall provide additional information requested by the patient or
				the patient's legal guardian concerning the psychologist's education, training,
				and experience.
F. Supervision by
				the primary supervising independently licensed prescribing clinician shall be
				provided on a one-to-one basis for at least four hours a month and should total
				at least 46 hours of one-to-one supervision per year, unless altered, in
				accordance with Subsection K of 16.22.24.10 NMAC of these
				regulations.
G. Each supervising
				independently licensed prescribing clinician is responsible to review only the
				cases he or she is supervising. The supervising independently licensed
				prescribing clinician at all times shall have access to and shall review
				records relating to the treatment of patients under his or her supervision. The
				supervising independently licensed prescribing clinician may require
				face-to-face consultation(s) with the conditional prescribing
				psychologist.
H. If there is more
				than one supervisor, each supervisor shall inform the other supervisor of any
				concerns about a conditional prescribing psychologist whom he or she is
				supervising.
I. The primary
				supervising independently licensed prescribing clinician shall contact any
				secondary supervisor(s) at least every six months to obtain written or verbal
				progress reports concerning how the conditional prescribing psychologist is
				performing.
J. One-to-one
				supervision must be provided either face-to-face, telephonically, or by
				tele-video live communication.
K.
				At any time during the two-year conditional prescribing periods the supervising
				independently licensed prescribing clinician, after consultation with the
				conditional prescribing psychologist, may amend the supervisory plan, to
				increase or decrease the hours of supervision. The board shall approve
				amendments to the supervisory plan set forth in Subsection M below.
L. At any time during the two-year
				conditional prescribing period a primary supervising independently licensed
				prescribing clinician shall not supervise more than three conditional
				prescribing psychologists.
M. The
				supervisory plan described in Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of
				16.22.24.8
				NMAC shall include the following information and shall be signed by the primary
				supervising independently licensed prescribing clinician:
(1) name of the applicant;
(2) name, address, license number, and area
				of specialization of the primary supervising independently licensed prescribing
				clinician and the secondary supervisor(s), if any;
(3) beginning and ending dates of the
				two-year supervised practice covered by the plan;
(4) number of one-on-one supervisory hours
				per month and by whom;
(5)
				setting(s) where supervision will occur and with whom;
(6) duties and clinical responsibilities of
				the conditional prescribing psychologist;
(7) location(s) where supervision will occur
				and with whom;
(8) areas in which
				the primary and secondary supervisor(s), if any, have specialized skills to
				render competent supervision;
(9)
				number of psychologists with conditional prescription certificates that the
				primary supervising independently licensed prescribing clinician will supervise
				during this time period;
(10) the
				manner in which the conditional prescribing psychologist will be represented to
				the public including, all written communications and public
				announcements;
(11) any direct or
				indirect financial agreements between or among the conditional prescribing
				psychologist and the primary and secondary supervisor(s), if any;
(12) other information necessary to clarify
				the nature and scope of supervision; and
(13) a statement specifying the manner in
				which supervision and clinical and professional responsibility will be provided
				during the supervisor's absence (during vacations or unexpected events that
				require the supervisor to be absent for any period of time),