An anesthesiologist assistant shall:

1. A. be a current or future employee of a university in New Mexico with a medical school; or

2. B. in a practice other than one at a university in New Mexico with a medical school:

   1. (1) be certified as an anesthesiologist assistant by the national commission for certification of anesthesiologist assistants;
   2. (2) practice only in a health facility licensed by the department of health where anesthesiologists who are licensed physicians and who are board-certified as anesthesiologists by the American board of anesthesiology are on staff as employees or contractors;
   3. (3) practice only in a class A county; and
   4. (4) be supervised by a licensed anesthesiologist who is physically present at all times in the health facility while supervising an anesthesiologist assistant.

History: Laws 2015, ch. 52, § 3; 2021, ch. 54, § 26; 1978 Comp., § 61-6-10.11, recompiled as § 61-6D-10 by Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105; 2023, ch. 91, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

Recompilations. — Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105 recompiled former 61-6-10.11 NMSA 1978 as 61-6D-10 NMSA 1978, effective May 18, 2022.

Repeals. — Laws 2023, ch. 91, § 4 repealed Laws 2015, ch. 52, § 5, which would have repealed Laws 2015, ch. 52, § 3, effective July 1, 2025.

The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, revised employment conditions for anesthesiologist assistants; and in Subsection B, Paragraph B(2), after "health where", deleted "at the time the anesthesiologist assistant begins practicing there, at least three", and in Paragraph B(4), after "by", added "a licensed", and after "who is", deleted "a licensed physician; and who is board-certified as an anesthesiologist by the American board of anesthesiology" and added "physically present at all times in the health facility while supervising an anesthesiologist assistant".

The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, changed each occurrence of "medical doctor" to "licensed physician".