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

1. A. regulating the licensure of naturopathic doctors and determining the hours of continuing education units required for maintaining licensure as a naturopathic doctor;
2. B. prescribing the manner in which records of examinations and treatments shall be kept and maintained;
3. C. establishing standards for professional responsibility and conduct;
4. D. identifying disciplinary actions and circumstances that require disciplinary action;
5. E. developing a means to provide information to all licensees in the state;
6. F. providing for the investigation of complaints against licensees or persons holding themselves out as naturopathic doctors in the state;
7. G. providing for the publication of information for the public about licensees and the practice of naturopathic medicine in the state;
8. H. providing for an orderly process for reinstatement of a license;
9. I. establishing criteria for advertising or promotional materials;

10. J. establishing by rule, in accordance with the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act:

    1. (1) continuing education hours and content;
    2. (2) standards for the state jurisprudence examination;
    3. (3) schedules for providing licensing examinations and for the issuance of examination results;
    4. (4) procedures and standards for reviewing licensing examination scores; and
    5. (5) procedures for reviewing transcripts demonstrating completion of the approved naturopathic medical educational program;
11. K. the requirements for issuance and renewal of licenses; and
12. L. any other matter necessary to implement the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act.

[16.10.22.8 NMAC - N, 3/24/2020]