New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 22 - PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATES › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16.22.1.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
As used in these regulations, the following words and
				  phrases have the following meanings, unless the context or intent clearly
				  indicates a different meaning:
A.
"Accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation body"
means
				accredited by an organization that is listed as a programmatic accrediting
				organization for doctoral psychology in the most recent Directory of
				CHEA-Recognized Organizations promulgated by the council for higher education
				accreditation.
B.
"Act"
means the Professional Psychologist Act, Section
				61-9-1
				through
				61-9-19
				NMSA 1978.
C.
"Administrator"
or
"board administrator"
means the
				staff person assigned certain express or implied executive and administrative
				functions of the board as defined by board regulations or as required to carry
				out the provisions of the act.
D.
"Adult"
means all persons 18 years of age or older.
E.
"Applicant"
means a person
				who has completed all educational requirements of the eligibility requirements
				for licensure and has submitted a complete application to the board. An
				applicant is seeking approval of his or her application by the board to advance
				him or her to candidacy for licensure.
F.
"Approved supervision program"
means a formal internship or program of postdoctoral supervised
				experience in New Mexico that is designed to prepare an applicant for licensure
				and that has been accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation body, or
				a program of training for licensure in New Mexico that has been formally
				approved in advance and in writing by the board as meeting the requirements for
				internship or postdoctoral supervised experience.
G.
"Board administrator"
or
"administrator"
means the staff person assigned certain express or
				implied executive and administrative functions of the board as defined by board
				regulations or as required to carry out the provisions of the act.
H.
"Board certified
				psychiatrist"
means a physician licensed in New Mexico who has been
				certified by the American board of psychiatry and neurology in the specialty of
				psychiatry or the subspecialty of child and adolescent psychiatry.
I.
"Board regulations"
or
"regulations"
means any part adopted by the board pursuant to
				authority under the act and includes any superseding regulation.
J.
"Candidate"
is an applicant
				whose application has been approved by the board and is eligible to take the
				online jurisprudence examination.
K.
"Children/adolescents"
mean
				all persons through 17 years of age (children two-12 years; adolescents 13-17
				years).
L.
"Client"
means a person, corporate entity, patient or organization that is a recipient
				of psychological services. A corporate entity or other organization is a client
				when the purpose of the professional contract is to provide services of benefit
				primarily to the organization rather than to the individuals. In the case of
				individuals with legal guardians, including minors and legally incompetent
				adults, the legal guardian shall be the client for decision-making purposes,
				except that the individual receiving services shall be the client for:
(1) issues directly affecting the physical or
				emotional safety of the individual, such as sexual or other exploitative dual
				relationships; and
(2) issues
				specifically reserved to the individual, and agreed to by the guardian prior to
				rendering of services, such as confidential communication in a therapy
				relationship;
(3) all matters
				specifically designated to individuals in the Mental Health Code and Children's
				Code, NMSA 1978.