The council shall develop guidelines for the board to consider for rulemaking with regard to:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 61-12G-12

  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.

A. regulating the licensure of naturopathic doctors and determining the hours of continuing education units required for maintaining licensure as a naturopathic doctor;

B. prescribing the manner in which records of examinations and treatments shall be kept and maintained;

C. establishing standards for professional responsibility and conduct;

D. identifying disciplinary actions and circumstances that require disciplinary action; E. developing a means to provide information to all licensees in the state;

F. providing for the investigation of complaints against licensees or persons holding themselves out as naturopathic doctors in the state;

G. providing for the publication of information for the public about licensees and the practice of naturopathic medicine in the state;

H. providing for an orderly process for reinstatement of a license; I. establishing criteria for advertising or promotional materials;

J. establishing by rule, in accordance with the Naturopathic Doctors’ Practice Act: (1)     continuing education hours and content;

(2)     standards for the state jurisprudence examination;

(3)     schedules for providing licensing examinations and for the issuance of examination results;

(4)     procedures and standards for reviewing licensing examination scores; and

(5)     procedures for reviewing transcripts demonstrating completion of the approved naturopathic medical educational program;

K. the requirements for issuance and renewal of licenses; and

L. any other matter necessary to implement the Naturopathic Doctors’ Practice Act.