New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 22 - PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATES › Part 20 - CONDITIONAL PRESCRIPTION CERTIFICATE; PRESCRIPTION CERTIFICATE; HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER COLLABORATION GUIDELINES › Section 16.22.20.8 - CONDITIONAL PRESCRIPTION CERTIFICATE OR PRESCRIPTION CERTIFICATE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER COLLABORATION GUIDELINES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. A conditional prescribing or prescribing
				psychologist shall obtain a release of information from the patient or the
				patient's legal guardian authorizing the psychologist to contact the patient's
				primary treating health care practitioner, as required by law.
B. If a patient or the patient's legal
				guardian refuses to sign a release of information for the patient's primary
				treating health care practitioner, the conditional prescribing or prescribing
				psychologist shall inform the patient or the patient's legal guardian that the
				psychologist cannot treat the patient pharmacologically without an ongoing
				collaborative relationship with the primary treating health care practitioner.
				The psychologist shall refer the patient to another mental health care provider
				who is not required to maintain an ongoing collaborative relationship with a
				health care practitioner.
C. A
				conditional prescribing or prescribing psychologist must provide written notice
				to the primary treating health care practitioner within 24 hours of issuance of
				a prescription to the patient.
If a conditional prescribing psychologist or prescribing
				  psychologist is working in a declared emergency/disaster area, the on-site
				  medical staff can serve as the evaluating primary care physician.
D. If a patient does not have a
				primary treating health care practitioner, the conditional prescribing or
				prescribing psychologist shall refer the patient to a health care practitioner
				prior to psychopharmacological treatment. The psychologist must receive the
				results of the health care practitioner's assessment and shall contact the
				health care practitioner as required herein prior to prescribing.
E. Once the collaborative relationship is
				established with the primary treating health care practitioner, the conditional
				prescribing or prescribing psychologist shall maintain and document the
				collaborative relationship to ensure that relevant information is exchanged
				accurately and in a timely manner. The ongoing collaborative relationship shall
				be maintained pursuant to the following guidelines.
(1) A conditional prescribing or prescribing
				psychologist shall notify the primary treating health care practitioner if and
				when the patient experiences adverse effects from medications prescribed by the
				psychologist that may be related to the patient's medical condition for which
				he or she is being treated by a health care practitioner.
(2) A conditional prescribing or prescribing
				psychologist shall notify the primary treating health care practitioner
				regarding results of laboratory tests related to the medical care of the
				patient that have been ordered by the psychologist in conjunction with
				psychopharmacological treatment.
(3)
				A conditional prescribing or prescribing psychologist shall notify a treating
				health care practitioner as soon as possible of any change in the patient's
				psychological condition that may affect the medical treatment being provided by
				the health care practitioner.