24A-1-13. Health facilities; certified nurse practitioners; certified
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nurse-midwives; privileges; parity with physicians.
A. Unless required by federal law, a health facility shall establish the same criteria for granting patient admitting or discharge privileges or in authorizing continuing patient care for certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and clinical nurse specialists as the health facility has established for physicians.
B. A health facility shall ensure that certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse- midwives and clinical nurse specialists acting in accordance with these professionals' respective scopes of practice under New Mexico law are:
(1)eligible to serve on the health facility's medical staff;
(2)credentialed under the same procedures as the health facility has established for physicians; and
(3)authorized to conduct peer review of their professional colleagues.
C. As used in this section:
(1)"certified nurse-midwife" means a person licensed as a registered nurse pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 3 NMSA 1978] and licensed by the department of health as a certified nurse-midwife;
(2)"certified nurse practitioner" means a registered nurse who is licensed by the board of nursing for advanced practice as a certified nurse practitioner pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act;
(3)"clinical nurse specialist" means a registered nurse who is licensed by the board of nursing for advanced practice as a clinical nurse specialist and whose name and pertinent information are entered on the list of clinical nurse specialists maintained by the board of nursing;
(4)"health facility" means a health facility licensed by the authority; and
(5)"physician" means a person licensed to practice as a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 129, § 1; § 24-1-41, recompiled and amended as § 24A-1-13 by Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 34.