Section 61-10A-4 - Licensure as osteopathic physician assistant; scope of authority; annual registration of employment; employment change.
61-10A-4. Licensure as osteopathic physician assistant; scope of authority; annual registration of employment; employment change.
A. No person shall perform or attempt to perform as an osteopathic physician assistant without first applying for and obtaining a license from the board as an osteopathic physician assistant and having his supervision registered in accordance with board regulations. Osteopathic physician assistants who are certified under the Osteopathic Physicians' Assistants Act as of June 30, 1997 shall be considered to be licensed until the expiration of that certification.
B. Osteopathic physician assistants may prescribe, administer and distribute dangerous drugs other than controlled substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act [30-31-6 NMSA 1978] pursuant to regulations adopted by the board after consultation with the board of pharmacy, provided that the prescribing, administering and distributing are done under the direction of a supervising osteopathic physician and within the parameters of a board-approved formulary and guidelines established under Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 61-10A-6 NMSA 1978. The distribution process shall comply with state laws concerning prescription packaging, labeling and record keeping requirements. Osteopathic physician assistants shall not otherwise dispense dangerous drugs or controlled substances.
C. An osteopathic physician assistant shall perform only those acts and duties assigned him by a supervising osteopathic physician that are within the scope of practice of the supervising osteopathic physician.
D. An applicant for a license as an osteopathic physician assistant shall complete such application forms as supplied by the board and pay a fee as provided in Section 61-10A-4.1 NMSA 1978. Upon licensing by the board, the applicant shall have his name and address and other pertinent information enrolled by the board on a roster of osteopathic physician assistants.
E. Each osteopathic physician assistant shall biennially submit proof of completion of continuing education as required by the board and register his name and current address, the name and office address of the supervising osteopathic physician and such additional information as the board deems necessary. Upon any change of supervision as an osteopathic physician assistant, the registration of supervision shall automatically be void. Each biennial registration or registration of new supervision shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in Section 61-10A-4.1 NMSA 1978.