New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 4 - CHIROPRACTIC PRACTITIONERS › Part 15 - CHIROPRACTIC ADVANCED PRACTICE CERTIFICATION REGISTRY › Section 16.4.15.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "Chiropractic"
				means the science, art and philosophy of things natural, the science of
				locating and removing interference with the transmissions or expression of
				nerve forces in the human body by the correction of misalignments or
				subluxations of the articulations and adjacent structures, more especially
				those of the vertebral column and pelvis, for the purpose of restoring and
				maintaining health for treatment of human disease primarily by, but not limited
				to, adjustment and manipulation of the human structure. It shall include, but
				not be limited to, the prescription and administration of all natural agents in
				all forms to assist in the healing act, such as food, water, heat, light, cold,
				electricity, mechanical appliances, herbs, nutritional supplements, homeopathic
				remedies and any necessary diagnostic procedure, excluding invasive procedures,
				except as provided by the board by rule and regulation. It shall exclude
				operative surgery and prescription or use of controlled or dangerous drugs,
				except as provided by the board by rule and regulation.
B. "Certified advanced practice chiropractic
				physician" means advanced practice chiropractor who shall have prescriptive
				authority for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes as authorized by statute and
				stated by the board in 16.4.15.11 NMAC.
C. "Chiropractic physician" includes doctor
				of chiropractic, chiropractor, doctor of chiropractic and medicine chiropractic
				physician and means a person who practices chiropractic as defined in the
				Chiropractic Physician Practice Act. Chiropractors are physicians that attempt
				to improve the quality of life, relieve pain and suffering and promote health
				and wellness with evidence-based and patient centered care as taught in their
				chiropractic educational institutions. The chiropractic profession, through its
				institutions, professional associations, continuing educational providers and
				requirements teaches its health care professionals to use natural treatments,
				therapeutic interventions and patient education to promote health and wellness
				when indicated by the evidence and with other interventions as taught within
				chiropractic educational institutions and providers of approved continuing
				education instruction when necessary to safely treat individuals with disease,
				deformity, disability and neuromusculoskeletal maladies.
D. "Nationally recognized credentialing
				agency" means agency that has been recognized by the board and may be updated
				annually. Any educational institution allowed to provide clinical and didactic
				programs credited toward advanced practice certification must have concurrent
				approval from the New Mexico medical board and the New Mexico board of
				chiropractic examiners.
E.
				"Chiropractic formulary" shall mean those substances that have been approved
				for use by the chiropractor registered in advanced practice by the chiropractic
				board and as by statute with consensus between the New Mexico medical board and
				New Mexico board of pharmacy.