1. A. Naprapathic practitioners are authorized to perform diagnostic procedures specified in this regulation, which shall include the authority to perform and take:

   1. (1) medical case history;

   2. (2) physical examination of all body systems including, but not limited to:

      1. (a) skin, hair, nails, head, eyes, ears, nose;
      2. (b) cardiovascular and respiratory system, including auscultation;
      3. (c) musculoskeletal system;
      4. (d) neurological system.
2. B. Naprapathic practitioners are authorized to order any diagnostic procedure from any recognized laboratory or imaging facility reasonably necessary to clinically correlate a physical examination to a diagnostic impression; which shall include, but not be limited to laboratory procedures involving the collection of human fluids, such as saliva, blood, urine, hair, feces and special imaging, such as x-ray; CT scan, MRI, nuclear scans, ultrasonography, thermography, EEG, EKG, ECG and surface or needle EMG.

[16.6.8.8 NMAC - N, 9/30/2004; A, 9/22/2011; A, 2/8/2022]