NMSA 24A-1-13. Health facilities; certified nurse practitioners; certified

24A-1-13. Health facilities; certified nurse practitioners; certified 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.