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	28	+	SENATE BILL 53
	29	+	57
	30	+	TH LEGISLATURE
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	33	+	STATE
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	35	+	OF
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	37	+	NEW
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	39	+	MEXICO
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	41	+	-
	42	+	FIRST SESSION
	43	+	,
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	45	+	2025
	46	+	INTRODUCED BY
	47	+	William P. Soules
28	48		AN ACT
29	49		RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS; AMENDING THE
30	50		PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST ACT; ADDING CERTAIN PRESCRIBING
31	51		PSYCHOLOGISTS WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERIENCE IN PRESCRIBING
32	52		PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION TO THE DEFINITION OF "INDEPENDENTLY
33	53		LICENSED PRESCRIBING CLINICIAN".
34	54		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
35	55		SECTION 1. Section 61-9-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
36	56		Chapter 92, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
37	57		"61-9-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Professional
38	58		Psychologist Act:
39	59		A. "board" means the New Mexico state board of
40	60		psychologist examiners;
41	61		B. "conditional prescription certificate" means a
42	62		document issued by the board to a licensed psychologist that
43		-	permits the holder to prescribe psychotropic medication under
44		-	the supervision of a supervising clinician pursuant to the
45		-	Professional Psychologist Act;
46		-	C. "independently licensed prescribing clinician"
47		-	means a licensed physician, osteopathic physician,
48		-	prescribing psychologist who has at least four years of
49		-	independent experience in prescribing psychotropic medication
50		-	to treat behavioral and emotional conditions and mental
51		-	illness, nurse practitioner, psychiatric nurse practitioner SB 53
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78		-	or clinical nurse specialist;
	90	+	permits the holder to prescribe psychotropic medication under
	91	+	the supervision of a supervising clinician pursuant to the
	92	+	Professional Psychologist Act;
	93	+	C. "independently licensed prescribing clinician"
	94	+	means a licensed physician, osteopathic physician, prescribing
	95	+	psychologist who has at least four years of independent
	96	+	experience in prescribing psychotropic medication to treat
	97	+	behavioral and emotional conditions and mental illness , nurse
	98	+	practitioner, psychiatric nurse practitioner or clinical nurse
	99	+	specialist;
79	100		D. "person" includes an individual, firm,
80	101		partnership, association or corporation;
81	102		E. "prescribing psychologist" means a licensed
82	103		psychologist who holds a valid prescription certificate;
83	104		F. "prescription certificate" means a document
84		-	issued by the board to a licensed psychologist that permits
85		-	~~the~~ holder to prescribe psychotropic medication pursuant to
86		-	~~the~~ Professional Psychologist Act;
	105	+	issued by the board to a licensed psychologist that permits the
	106	+	holder to prescribe psychotropic medication pursuant to the
	107	+	Professional Psychologist Act;
87	108		G. "psychotropic medication" means a controlled
88	109		substance or dangerous drug that may not be dispensed or
89	110		administered without a prescription but is limited to only
90	111		those agents related to the diagnosis and treatment or
91		-	management of mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral,
92		-	substance use or cognitive disorders, including the
93		-	management of or protection from side effects that are a
94		-	direct result from the use of those agents, whose use is
95		-	consistent with the standards of practice for clinical
96		-	psychopharmacology;
97		-	H. "psychologist" means a person who engages in
98		-	the practice of psychology or holds the person's self out to
99		-	the public by any title or description of services
100		-	representing the person as a psychologist, which incorporates
101		-	the words "psychological", "psychologist", "psychology", or
102		-	when a person describes the person's self as above and, under SB 53
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	112	+	management of mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance
	113	+	use or cognitive disorders, including the management of or
	114	+	protection from side effects that are a direct result from the
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129		-	such title or description, offers to render or renders
130		-	services involving the application of principles, methods and
131		-	procedures of the science and profession of psychology to
132		-	persons for compensation or other personal gain;
	143	+	use of those agents, whose use is consistent with the standards
	144	+	of practice for clinical psychopharmacology;
	145	+	H. "psychologist" means a person who engages in the
	146	+	practice of psychology or holds the person's self out to the
	147	+	public by any title or description of services representing the
	148	+	person as a psychologist, which incorporates the words
	149	+	"psychological", "psychologist", "psychology", or when a person
	150	+	describes the person's self as above and, under such title or
	151	+	description, offers to render or renders services involving the
	152	+	application of principles, methods and procedures of the
	153	+	science and profession of psychology to persons for
	154	+	compensation or other personal gain;
133	155		I. "practice of psychology" means the observation,
134	156		description, evaluation, interpretation and modification of
135		-	human behavior by the application of psychological
136		-	principles, methods and procedures for the purpose of
137		-	preventing or eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive or
138		-	undesired behavior and of enhancing interpersonal
139		-	relationships, work and life adjustment, personal
140		-	effectiveness, behavioral health and mental health, and
141		-	further means the rendering of such psychological services to
142		-	individuals, families or groups regardless of whether payment
143		-	is received for services rendered. The practice of
144		-	psychology includes psychological testing or
145		-	neuropsychological testing and the evaluation or assessment
146		-	of personal characteristics such as intelligence,
147		-	personality, abilities, interests, aptitudes and
148		-	neuropsychological functioning; counseling, psychoanalysis,
149		-	psychotherapy, hypnosis, biofeedback, behavior analysis and
150		-	therapy; diagnosis and treatment of a mental and emotional
151		-	disorder or disability, alcoholism and substance abuse,
152		-	disorders of habit or conduct and the psychological aspects
153		-	of physical illness, accident, injury and disability; and SB 53
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	157	+	human behavior by the application of psychological principles,
	158	+	methods and procedures for the purpose of preventing or
	159	+	eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive or undesired behavior and
	160	+	of enhancing interpersonal relationships, work and life
	161	+	adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health and
	162	+	mental health, and further means the rendering of such
	163	+	psychological services to individuals, families or groups
	164	+	regardless of whether payment is received for services
	165	+	rendered. The practice of psychology includes psychological
	166	+	testing or neuropsychological testing and the evaluation or
	167	+	assessment of personal characteristics such as intelligence,
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	196	+	personality, abilities, interests, aptitudes and
	197	+	neuropsychological functioning; counseling, psychoanalysis,
	198	+	psychotherapy, hypnosis, biofeedback, behavior analysis and
	199	+	therapy; diagnosis and treatment of a mental and emotional
	200	+	disorder or disability, alcoholism and substance abuse,
	201	+	disorders of habit or conduct and the psychological aspects of
	202	+	physical illness, accident, injury and disability; and
180	203		psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, remediation and
181	204		consultation;
182	205		J. "school" or "college" means a university or
183	206		other institution of higher education that is regionally
184		-	accredited and that offers a full-time graduate course of
185		-	~~study~~ in psychology as defined by rule of the board or that
186		-	is approved by the American psychological association; and
	207	+	accredited and that offers a full-time graduate course of study
	208	+	in psychology as defined by rule of the board or that is
	209	+	approved by the American psychological association; and
187	210		K. "supervising clinician" means a licensed
188	211		physician, osteopathic physician, prescribing psychologist who
189	212		has at least four years of independent experience prescribing
190	213		psychotropic medication to treat behavioral and emotional
191	214		conditions and mental illness, nurse practitioner, psychiatric
192	215		nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist who is
193	216		supervising a psychologist in the prescribing of psychotropic
194	217		medication."
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