Pursuant to the Act, Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 61-14A-17 NMSA 1978, a doctor of oriental medicine, a temporary licensee or an extern shall be guilty of incompetence who fails to follow clean needle technique as defined in the current edition of "clean needle technique manual for acupuncturists" published by the national acupuncture foundation.
N.M. Admin. Code § 16.2.12.11