N.M. Admin. Code § 16.23.12.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 16.23.12.9 - APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

A. The department will approve, on a clock hour basis, continuing education activities which meet the criteria in Subsection A of 16.23.12.8 NMAC, and which are sponsored or approved for respiratory care practitioners. Below is the list of approved continuing education providers:

(1) AAP, American academy of pediatrics;

(2) ACCP, American college of chest physicians;

(3) ATS, American thoracic society;

(4) AOA, American osteopathic association;

(5) AMA, American medical association;

(6) ASA, American society of anesthesiologists;

(7) ABIM, American board of internal medicine;

(8) ALA, American lung association;

(9) ACC. American college of cardiologists;

(10) AAST American association of sleep technologists;

(11) NMSRC New Mexico society for respiratory care;

(12) AARC American association for respiratory care;

(13) any AARC state affiliate; and

(14) AASM, American academy of sleep medicine.

B. The department will approve, on a clock hour basis, a maximum of eight clock hours per renewal cycle of the following type of educational activities listed within Subsection B of 16.23.12.9 NMAC for licensees:

(1) any hospital or healthcare organization respiratory care-related continuing education in-service;

(2) respiratory care-related science courses taken in an academic setting and received toward RRT credentialing;

(3) infection control certification or re-certification courses;

(4) hazardous materials certification or re-certification courses;

(5) advanced life support courses. This includes training offered by the American heart Association, American safety and health institute, American Academy of Pediatrics, Sugar/Safe Care, Temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure, Lab & Emotional Support (STABLE) program, Neonatal Resuscitation program (NRP), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), or other courses as deemed acceptable by the board; and

(6) Any non-Category 1 CRCE credits granted by the American Association for Respiratory Care or continuing education units granted by the New Mexico Society for Respiratory Care.

C. The department will approve respiratory care-related education taken in an academic setting. One semester hour or its equivalent converts to 15 clock hours.

D. The department will automatically approve for licensed respiratory care practitioners a maximum of six clock hours of continuing education credit for each renewal period for teaching approved respiratory care-related continuing education offerings as provided in 16.23.12 NMAC. Credits will be granted one time only for each course taught no matter how many times or how many years the course is repeated.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.23.12.9

2-21-85; 6-10-87; 1-9-88; 9-19-91; 4-21-95; 11-29-97; 16.23.12.9 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 23.12.9, 01-30-2003, A, 06-24-2004, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 12, June 27, 2017, eff. 7/15/2017, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 06, March 22, 2022, eff. 4/21/2022