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§ 61-6D-10 NMSA 1978

Anesthesiologist assistants; employment conditions

Known as the Anesthesiologist Assistants Act

The act spans §§ 61–61 (10 sections).

Laws 2015, ch. 52, § 3; 2021, ch. 54, § 26; 1978 Comp., § 61-6-10.11, recompiled as § 61-6D-10 by Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105; 2023, ch. 91, § 3.

An anesthesiologist assistant shall:

A. be a current or future employee of a university in New Mexico with a medical school; or

B. in a practice other than one at a university in New Mexico with a medical school:

(1) be certified as an anesthesiologist assistant by the national commission for certification of anesthesiologist assistants;

(2) practice only in a health facility licensed by the department of health where anesthesiologists who are licensed physicians and who are board-certified as anesthesiologists by the American board of anesthesiology are on staff as employees or contractors;

(3) practice only in a class A county; and

(4) be supervised by a licensed anesthesiologist who is physically present at all times in the health facility while supervising an anesthesiologist assistant.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.