New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVII,
Issue 9 / May 5, 2026
NOTICE
OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING
Public Notice:
The New Mexico Medical Board (NMMB) has filed an amendment to NMAC rule
16.10.4.8. This action adds additional language
to the existing rule regarding new requirements for Continuing Medical
Education (CME).
Topic:
Public Rule Hearing
Date: June 24, 2026
Time: 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Place:
New Mexico Medical Board
2055 S. Pacheco Street, Bldg. 400
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Purpose:
At the New
Mexico Medical Board’s (NMMB) regular Board Meeting held on February 5-6, 2026,
the Board discussed the addition of language to the existing NMAC rule
16.10.4.8 to include one (1) hour of CME directed toward nutrition be added as
a requirement per the Rural Healthcare Transformation Act includes specific CME
requirements for physicians in the state of New Mexico. The second addition of language to NMAC rule
16.10.4.8 is focused on allowing the Board to determine the type and content of
required CME for license renewal. This will allow the Board the ability to
modify CME requirements as necessary.
The Board voted on the final additional language at the April 1, 2026,
Interim Board Meeting.
No technical information serves as a
basis for this proposed rule amendment.
Public comment: Interested
parties may provide comment on the proposed amendments of this state rule at
the public hearing or may submit written comments to Monique Parks , New Mexico
Medical Board, 2055 South Pacheco Street, Bldg. 400, Santa Fe, NM 87505, or by
electronic mail to MoniqueM.Parks@nmmb.nm.gov . All written comments must be received no
later than 3:00 p.m. (MDT) on June 17, 2026.
All written comments will be posted to the agency website within (3)
three business days.
Copies of proposed rules: Copies
of the proposed rules may be accessed through the New Mexico Medical Board’s
website at www.nmmb.state.nm.us or
may be obtained from the Board office by calling (505) 476-7220 or via email at
MoniqueM.Parks@nmmb.nm.gov or at Natalie.Padilla@nmmb.nm.gov.
Individuals with disabilities who require
the above information in an alternative format, or who need any form of
auxiliary aid to attend or participate in the public hearing are asked to
contact Monique Parks or Elishia Lucero at (505) 476-7220 or via email at MoniqueM.Parks@nmmb.nm.gov or Natalie.Padilla@nmmb.nm.gov. The New Mexico Medical Board requires at
least ten (10) calendar days advance notice to provide any special
accommodations requested.
Summary of proposed changes: The
Board summarizes its proposed changes to its administrative rules as follows:
16.10.4.8 HOURS REQUIRED:
A. Seventy-five hours of continuing
medical education are required for all medical licenses during each triennial
renewal cycle. CME may be earned at any time
during the licensing period, July 1 through June 30 immediately preceding the
triennial renewal date.
B. One hour of required CME must be
earned by reviewing the New Mexico Medical Practice Act and these board
rules. Physicians must certify that they
have completed this review at the time they submit their triennial renewal
application.
C. Beginning
July 1, 2026, the board will require that one hour of CME must be earned
directed toward nutrition. The one hour
of CME earned toward nutrition may apply toward the 75 hours required in
Subsection A of this section and may be included as part of the required CME
hours as set forth in Subsections A and B of 16.10.14.11 NMAC.
D. Continuing medical education is not
required for federal emergency, telemedicine, postgraduate training, public
service, temporary teaching or youth camp or school licenses.
E. The five hours of CME in pain
management continuing education set forth in Subsections A and B of 16.10.14.11
NMAC may apply toward the 75 hours required in Subsection A of this section and
may be included as part of the required CME hours in pain management in either
the triennial cycle in which these hours are completed, or the triennial cycle
immediately thereafter. Each subsequent
triennial renewal cycle shall include five hours of CME hours in pain
management.
F. The
board may determine the type and or content of continuing medical education
required for license renewal. The board
may, by a majority vote, modify such requirements as necessary to address
evolving standards of medical practice, and public health needs.