N.M. Admin. Code § 16.23.12.8 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
The completion of 20 clock hours of continuing education is a requirement for biennial license renewal or license reactivation.
A. Continuing education hours must be
directly related to respiratory therapy, pulmonary function technology, or
related inter-disciplinary areas of health care.
B. All licensees must complete at least one
hour of ethics related continuing education in the license renewal
cycle.
C. Effective October 25,
2025, all licensees must complete at least one hour of human trafficking
related continuing education in the license renewal cycle.
D. The department may consult with the board
to resolve questions as to appropriate continuing education hours.
(1) The department shall be the final
authority on acceptance of any educational activity submitted by a licensee or
a sponsor for approval.
(2) Each
respiratory care practitioner must participate in at least 20clock hours of
continuing education activities every renewal cycle, or as provided by
16.23.12.12 NMAC and
16.23.12.13 NMAC.
E. A minimum of 12 clock hours of
the 20 clock hours of continuing education must be consistent with American
Medical Association Category I, which includes any of the following types of
educational offerings:
(1)
lecture - a discourse given for instruction before an audience or
through teleconference;
(2)
panel - a presentation of a number of views by several
professionals on a given subject with none of the views considered a final
solution;
(3)
workshop
- aseries of meetings for intensive, hands on, study or discussion, in a
specific area of interest;
(4)
seminar - a directed advanced study or discussion in a specific
field of interest;
(5)
symposium - conference of more than a single session organized for
the purpose of discussion of a specific subject from various viewpoints and by
various presenters;
(6)
distance education - includes such enduring materials as text,
internet or CD, provided the provider has included an independently scored test
as part of the learning package; and
(7)
NBRC- awarded continuing
education credit for successful completion of re-credentialing examination(s)
for renewal of credential as a CRT (if the CRT was issued prior to January 1,
2018) or RRT.
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