New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 2 - ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS › Part 16 - AURICULAR DETOXIFICATION › Section 16.2.16.18 - AURICULAR DETOXIFICATION SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR REGISTRATION APPLICATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Upon approval of an auricular detoxification specialist
				  supervisor registration application that fulfills the requirements listed
				  below, the board shall issue an auricular detoxification specialist supervisor
				  registration that will be valid until July 31 following the initial
				  registration. In the interim between regular board meetings, whenever a
				  qualified applicant for auricular detoxification specialist supervisor
				  registration has filed their application and complied with all other
				  requirements of this section, the board's chair or an authorized representative
				  of the board may grant an interim temporary auricular detoxification specialist
				  supervisor registration that will suffice until the next regular meeting of the
				  board. In no event shall the auricular detoxification specialist supervisor
				  begin supervising a certified auricular detoxification specialist until the
				  auricular detoxification specialist supervisor registration or interim
				  temporary auricular detoxification specialist supervisor registration is issued
				  by the board. The application requirements for an auricular detoxification
				  specialist supervisor registration shall be receipt of the following by the
				  board:
A. the auricular detoxification
				specialist supervisor registration application fee specified in 16.2.10
				NMAC;
B. proof of successful
				completion of an official national acupuncture detoxification association
				(NADA) course, or another board-approved training program, or a CV
				demonstrating experience, or education in the field of harm reduction and
				alcoholism, substance abuse and chemical dependency at least equivalent to that
				provided in a NADA training, and three letters of reference attesting to the
				applicant's competence and experience in the field of auricular treatment for
				harm reduction, auricular treatment of alcoholism, substance abuse or chemical
				dependency;
C. an application for
				auricular detoxification specialist supervisor registration that is complete
				and in English on a form provided by the board that shall include the
				applicant's name, address, date of birth and social security number;
D. the names of all certified auricular
				detoxification specialists certified with the board who are under the
				supervision of the applicant;
E. an
				affidavit as provided on the auricular detoxification specialist supervisor
				registration application form stating that the applicant understands that:
(1) a certified auricular detoxification
				specialist is authorized to perform only the following, for the purpose of harm
				reduction or treating and preventing alcoholism, substance abuse or chemical
				dependency and only within a board approved substance abuse treatment program
				that demonstrates experience in disease prevention, harm reduction, or the
				treatment or prevention of alcoholism, substance abuse or chemical dependency:
(a) auricular acupuncture detoxification
				using the five auricular point national acupuncture detoxification association
				(NADA) procedure or other board approved procedure; and
(b) the application to the ear of simple
				board approved devices that do not penetrate the skin using the five auricular
				point national acupuncture detoxification association (NADA) procedure and that
				the board approved devices that do not penetrate the skin are: seeds, grains,
				stones, metal balls, magnets and any small sterilized, spherical object that in
				non-reactive with the skin; and