New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVII, Issue 13 / July 14, 2026

This is an amendment to 16.10.4 NMAC, Section 8 effective 7/14/2026.

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.

[16.10.4.8 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 10.4.8, 4/18/2002; A, 4/3/2005; A, 9/27/2007; A, 2/14/2013; A, 7/14/2026]