N.M. Admin. Code § 16.19.20.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 16.19.20.8 - REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

Persons required to register:

A. manufacture - term includes repackagers;

B. distributors - term includes wholesale drug distributors;

C. dispensers - pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, clinics (both health and veterinarian);

D. practitioners - includes a physician, doctor of oriental medicine, dentist, physician assistant, certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, veterinarian, pharmacist, pharmacist clinician, certified registered nurse anesthetists, psychologists, chiropractic examiner, euthanasia technicians or other person licensed or certified to prescribe and administer drugs that are subject to the Controlled Substances Act. Practitioners, excluding veterinarians, must register with the New Mexico prescription monitoring program in conjunction with their controlled substance registration.

E. scientific investigators or researchers;

F. analytical laboratories and chemical analysis laboratories;

G. teaching institutes;

H. special projects and demonstrations which bear directly on misuse or abuse of controlled substances - may include public agencies, institutions of higher education and private organizations;

I. registration waiver: an individual licensed practitioner (e.g., intern, resident, staff physician, mid-level practitioner) who is an agent or employee of a hospital or clinic, licensed by the board, may, when acting in the usual course of employment or business, order controlled substances, for administration to the patients of the facility, under controlled substance registration of the hospital or clinic in which he or she is employed provided that:

(1) the ordering of controlled substances for administration, to the patients of the hospital or clinic, is in the usual course of professional practice and the hospital or clinic authorizes the practitioner to order controlled substances for the administration to its patients under its state controlled substance registration;

(2) the hospital or clinic has verified with the practitioner's licensing board that the practitioner is permitted to order controlled substances within the state;

(3) the practitioner acts only within their scope of employment in that hospital or clinic;

(4) the hospital or clinic maintains a current list of practitioners given such authorization and includes the practitioner's full name, date of birth, professional classification and license number, and home and business addresses and phone numbers;

(5) the list is available at all times to board inspectors, the DEA, law enforcement and health professional licensing boards; and

(6) the hospital or clinic shall submit a current list of authorized practitioners with each hospital or clinic controlled substance renewal application.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.19.20.8

16.19.20.8 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 19.20.8, 07-15-02; A, 12-15-02; A, 07-15-04; A, 05-14-10; A, 08-31-12, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXV, Issue 19, October 15, 2014, eff. 10/24/2014, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 12, June 26, 2018, eff. 6/26/2018