New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS › Part 20 - POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGISTS: LICENSURE AND PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS › Section 16.10.20.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "AASM" means the
				American academy of sleep medicine, a national organization that establishes
				accreditation standards for sleep centers and sleep labs.
B. "AAST" means the American association of
				sleep technologists, a national organization that provides continued
				development of educational, technical and clinical assistance related to the
				sleep technology profession.
C.
				"ABSM" means the American board of sleep medicine, a national organization
				developed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining standards of board
				certification for physicians practicing sleep disorders medicine.
D. "Act" means the Polysomnography Practice
				Act.
E. "Board" means the New
				Mexico medical board.
F. "BRPT"
				means the board of registered polysomnographic technologists, a national agency
				for credentialing polysomnographic technologists.
G. "CAAHEP" means the commission on
				accreditation of allied health education programs, a national agency for
				accrediting polysomnographic educational programs.
H. "Committee" means the polysomnography
				practice advisory committee.
I.
				"Contact hour" means sixty (60) minutes of actual instructional time. Breaks,
				meals, evaluations, wrap-up or registration are not included when calculating
				hours.
J. "Direct supervision"
				means that the polysomnographic technologist providing supervision shall be
				present in the area where the polysomnographic procedure is being performed and
				immediately available to furnish assistance and direction throughout the
				performance of the procedure.
K.
				"Expired" means a license was not renewed by the biennial renewal date of March
				1 or at the end of the grace period of May 1, and the licensee is not eligible
				to practice within the state of New Mexico.
L. "General supervision" means that the
				polysomnographic procedure is provided under a physician's direction and
				control, but the physician's presence is not required during the performance of
				the procedure.
M. "Grace period"
				means the sixty (60) day period following the renewal date when a
				polysomnographic technologist may renew a license that was not renewed by the
				renewal date, by paying the required renewal fee, the late fee and meeting the
				renewal requirements. A licensee may continue to practice during the grace
				period.
N. "Grace period status"
				means the license has not been renewed by the renewal date and has not
				expired.
O. "License" means an
				authorization issued by the board that permits a person to engage in the
				practice of polysomnography in the state.
P. "Licensed provider" means a licensed
				physician, licensed physician assistant, licensed certified nurse practitioner
				or licensed psychologist.
Q.
				"Licensee" means a person licensed by the board to engage in the practice of
				polysomnography.
R. "Military
				service member" means a person who is serving in the armed forces of the United
				States or in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States,
				including the national guard.
S.
				"NBRC" means the national board for respiratory care, a national organization
				that credentials respiratory therapists, and provides an examination to further
				certify respiratory therapists as sleep disorders specialists.
T. "Physician" means an individual licensed
				by the New Mexico medical board and an individual licensed by the New Mexico
				board of osteopathic medical examiners.
U. "Polysomnographic student" means a person
				who is enrolled in an educational program that is accredited by the commission
				on accreditation of allied health education programs, as provided in Section 5
				[61-6B-5
				NMSA 1978] of the Polysomnography Practice Act and who may provide
				sleep-related services under the direct supervision of a polysomnographic
				technologist as a part of the person's educational program.
V. "Polysomnographic technician" means a
				person who has graduated from an accredited educational program described in
				Section 5 of the Polysomnography Practice Act but has not yet passed the
				national certifying examination given by the board of registered
				polysomnographic technologists, who has obtained a temporary permit from the
				board and who may provide sleep-related services under the general supervision
				of a licensed physician.
W.
				"Polysomnographic technologist" means a person who is credentialed by the board
				of registered polysomnographic technologists and is licensed by the board to
				engage in the practice of polysomnography under the general supervision of a
				licensed physician.
X.
				"Polysomnographic trainee" means a person who is enrolled in an accredited
				sleep technologist educational program that is accredited by the American
				academy of sleep medicine and who may provide sleep-related services under the
				direct supervision of a polysomnographic technologist or licensed physician as
				a part of the person's educational program.
Y. "Practice of polysomnography" means the
				performance of diagnostic and therapeutic tasks, under the general supervision
				of a licensed physician, including:
(1)
				monitoring and recording physiologic activity and data during the evaluation or
				treatment of sleep-related disorders, including sleep-related respiratory
				disturbances, by applying appropriate techniques, equipment and procedures,
				including:
(a) continuous or bi-level
				positive airway pressure titration on patients using a nasal or oral or a nasal
				and oral mask or appliance that does not extend into the trachea or attach to
				an artificial airway, including the fitting and selection of a mask or
				appliance and the selection and implementation of treatment settings;
(b) supplemental low-flow oxygen therapy that
				is less than ten liters per minute using nasal cannula or continuous or
				bi-level positive airway pressure during a polysomnogram;
(c) capnography during a
				polysomnogram;
(d) cardiopulmonary
				resuscitation;
(e) pulse
				oximetry;
(f) gastroesophageal pH
				monitoring;
(g) esophageal pressure
				monitoring;
(h) sleep staging,
				including surface electroencephalography, surface electrooculography and
				surface submental electromyography;
(i) surface electromyography;
(j) electrocardiography;
(k) respiratory effort monitoring, including
				thoracic and abdominal movement;
(l) respiratory plethysmography;
(m) arterial tonometry and additional
				measures of autonomic nervous system tone;
(n) snore monitoring;
(o) audio or video monitoring;
(p) body movement monitoring;
(q) nocturnal penile tumescence
				monitoring;
(r) nasal and oral
				airflow monitoring;
(s) body
				temperature monitoring; and
(t) use
				of additional sleep-related diagnostic technologies;