1. A. An anesthesiologist assistant student enrolled in an anesthesiologist assistant educational program accredited by the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs or its successor is exempt from licensure while functioning as an anesthesiologist assistant student; provided that the anesthesiologist assistant student is supervised by an anesthesiologist, a licensed anesthesiologist assistant or a second-year, third-year or fourth-year resident anesthesiologist.
2. B. An anesthesiologist assistant employed by the federal government is not required to be licensed as an anesthesiologist assistant pursuant to the Anesthesiologist Assistants Act while performing duties incident to that employment.

History: Laws 2001, ch. 311, § 7; 2013, ch. 129, § 1; 1978 Comp., § 61-6-10.7, recompiled as § 61-6D-7 by Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105.

ANNOTATIONS

Recompilations. — Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105 recompiled former 61-6-10.7 NMSA 1978 as 61-6D-7 NMSA 1978, effective May 18, 2022.

The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, provided for additional supervision of anesthesiologist assistant students; and in Subsection A, after "functioning as an anesthesiologist assistant student", deleted "If the student is providing anesthesia, the student shall be supervised on a one-to-one basis by an anesthesiologist who is continuously present in the operating room" and added the remainder of the sentence.