New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS › Part 4 - CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION › Section 16.10.4.11 - ALLOWED COURSES AND PROVIDERS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The following courses and activities are acceptable for CME
				  credit:
A.
AMA PRA Category 1
				CreditT
Clinical courses, lectures or grand rounds certified by an
				accredited sponsor of the AMA physician's recognition award,
AMA PRA
				Category 1 CreditT
are acceptable for credit whether taken in an on-site
				format or taken using the internet.
B.
AOA.
Clinical courses
				approved for CCME, AOA, AMA, ACCME, AAFP, AACOM, or AAPS category 1-A, 1-B are
				approved.
C.
NEW MEXICO
				SPECIFIC CME.
Activities certified by the New Mexico medical society
				(NMMS) continuing medical education committee are acceptable for credit. Up to
				40 credits in any three-year reporting period are allowed for participation in
				activities certified as New Mexico specific CME by the NMMS continuing
				education committee. New Mexico specific CME are issued by the NMMS for service
				on the New Mexico medical review commission and on the impaired physician
				committee.
D.
POST GRADUATE
				EDUCATION.
A maximum of 75 credit hours in any three-year reporting
				period are allowed for participation in a postgraduate education program, which
				has been approved by the board or by the AMA liaison committee on graduate
				medical education, CCME, ACGME and AACOM. This category includes internships,
				residencies and fellowships.
E.
ADVANCED DEGREES.
40 credit hours are allowed for each full
				academic year of study toward an advanced degree in a medical field or a
				medically related field as approved by the board.
F.
TEACHING.
One credit hour is
				allowed for each hour of teaching medical students or physicians in a United
				States medical school, an approved internship or residency or for teaching in
				other programs approved by the board for a maximum of 40 credit hours in any
				three-year reporting period.
G.
PHYSICIAN PRECEPTORS.
A maximum of 30 hours of credit during a
				three year reporting period is acceptable for licensed physicians who are
				acting as preceptors for students enrolled in an accredited medical or
				physician assistant school or as preceptors for students enrolled in a combined
				bachelor of arts and medical degree program.
H.
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS.
10
				hours of credit are allowed for each original scientific medical paper or
				publication written by a licensee. For acceptance, papers must have been
				presented to a recognized national, international, regional or state society or
				organization whose membership is primarily physicians; or must have been
				published in a recognized medical or medically related scientific journal.
				Material used in a paper or publication may be given credit one time. A maximum
				of 30 hours credit may be claimed during each three-year reporting
				period.
I.
ADVANCED LIFE
				SUPPORT.
Credit may be claimed during each three-year reporting period
				for successful completion of ACLS (advanced cardiac life support), PALS
				(pediatric advanced life support), ATLS (advanced trauma life support), NALS
				(neonatal advanced life support), and ALSO (advanced life support in
				obstetrics) courses.
J.
EXPERT REVIEW.
Credit may be claimed by physicians who provide
				expert services by reviewing investigation cases for the board. A maximum of
				ten (10) credit hours in any three-year reporting period are allowed for
				providing expert review.