New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS › Part 16 - AURICULAR DETOXIFICATION › Section 16.2.16.26 - AURICULAR DETOXIFICATION SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAM APPROVAL

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Upon approval of an auricular detoxification specialist
				  training program approval application that fulfills the requirements listed
				  below, the board shall issue an auricular detoxification specialist training
				  program approval that will be valid until July 31 following the initial
				  registration. In the interim between regular board meetings, whenever a
				  qualified applicant for auricular detoxification specialist training program
				  approval has filed an application and complied with all other requirements of
				  this section, the board's chairman or an authorized representative of the board
				  may grant an interim temporary auricular detoxification specialist training
				  program approval that will suffice until the next regular meeting of the board.
				  The application requirements for an auricular detoxification specialist
				  training program approval shall be receipt of the following by the
				  board:
A. the auricular detoxification
				specialist training program approval application fee specified in 16.2.10 NMAC;
				and
B. an application for auricular
				detoxification specialist training program approval that is complete and in
				English on a form provided by the board that shall include the applicant's
				name, address, phone number, fax number and email address, if available;
				and
C. a curriculum that shall
				include at least:
(1) 30 hours of classroom
				didactic education covering the following subjects related to auricular
				detoxification: history and overview of the auricular detoxification
				profession; point descriptions, and locations and use of the NADA five
				auricular point national acupuncture detoxification association (NADA)
				procedure or other board approved procedures; acupuncture needle description,
				insertion and removal techniques, the use of devices that do not penetrate the
				skin of the ear; trial treatment (explanation of what happens during a
				treatment and practice on class members); public health and laws and
				regulations; exposure control; clean needle technique training; occupational
				health and safety administration (OSHA) requirements; integration of auricular
				detoxification within the treatment program; concepts of acupuncture and
				oriental medicine as related to addiction and recovery (the concept of "empty
				fire", etc.); client management issues and strategies (special populations);
				ethical and legal issues (confidentiality, HIPAA, the pertinent laws and rules
				of the state of New Mexico, etc.); and the nature of addiction and recovery;
				and
(2) 40 client hours (40
				successfully completed treatments) under direct supervision by a board approved
				CADS supervisor at a site and with a supervisor pre-approved in writing by the
				training program, documented by a HIPAA-compliant form in which the privacy of
				clients is respected; and