New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 4 - CHIROPRACTIC PRACTITIONERS › Part 10 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 16.4.10.8 - CONTINUING EDUCATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. In
				accordance with Section
				61-4-3
				NMSA 1978, New Mexico Chiropractic Physician Practice Act, chiropractic
				physicians licensed in New Mexico are required to complete a minimum of 16
				hours of board approved continuing education annually by the time of license
				renewal. Credit hours may be earned at any time during the annual reporting
				period, July 1 through June 30, immediately preceding annual renewal. Credit
				hours are calculated as a "contact hour" i.e. a 60 minute hour.
B. Each chiropractor renewing a license shall
				attest that they have obtained the required hours of continuing education on
				the renewal form. The board will select by random regulation and licensing
				department (RLD) computer processes, no less than ten percent of renewal
				applications for audit to verify completion of acceptable continuing education.
				Audit requests will be included with the renewal notice and those selected
				chiropractors will be asked to submit proof of compliance with the continuing
				education requirements. The board may audit continuing education records at any
				time. Continuing education (CE) records must be maintained for three years
				following the renewal cycle in which they are earned.
C. The board will approve continuing
				education programs which in its determination, advance the professional skills,
				risk management understanding and knowledge of the licensee that is directly
				related to the practice of chiropractic art, science or philosphy. Practice
				building and self-motivational courses, and courses that are determined not to
				have significant or a direct relationship to the safe and effective practice of
				chiropractics; or such portions of those programs or courses, may not be
				approved. There will be no charge to a licensee for individual request for
				approval.
D. The board may
				determine that, in its opinion, a particular course or area of professional
				education is of such importance or addresses an area of special need as it
				pertains to public protection that all licensees shall be required to take the
				course of study as a part of or in addition to the CE requirements:
(1) the declaration of a mandatory course
				must be made by a majority vote of the board at a regular scheduled
				meeting;
(2) the course title,
				approved instructors (if appropriate), locations of course delivery or methods
				of securing approved print or electronic presentations of the course must be
				communicated to all licensed New Mexico chiropractors on or before September
				1st of the year that the course is made mandatory;
(3) the mandatory nature of courses so
				designated shall expire on June 30th of the current licensing year or the
				determination must be renewed by a majority vote of the board at a regular
				scheduled meeting and the extension of the mandatory nature communicated to all
				active licensees on or before September 1st.