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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 71
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Keith J. Gardner
A JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW SCOPES OF
PRACTICE OF THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS.
WHEREAS, the legislature has requested assistance with
objective information on proposed changes to health care scopes
of practice or the creation of new scopes of practice; and
WHEREAS, any process must ensure that the public is
protected from unscrupulous, incompetent and unethical
practitioners; and
WHEREAS, any process must offer assurances to the public
that the regulated individual is competent to provide services
in a safe and effective manner; and
WHEREAS, the reasons for scope of practice changes should
have a foundational basis within four areas: an established
history of the practice scope within the profession, education
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and training, supporting evidence and an appropriate regulatory
environment; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of any review and subsequent change
of any scope of practice is to promote better consumer care
across professions and providers, improve access to care and
recognize the inevitability of overlapping scopes of practice;
and
WHEREAS, some practice changes are the result of changes
already occurring in education or practice due to research,
advances in technology and changes in societal health care
demands;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico health policy
commission convene a task force made up of representatives from
all interested licensed health care provider associations and
health professional licensing boards created in Chapter 61 NMSA
1978 to develop agreement on the process for scope of practice
changes that should be assessed and to develop agreement on
changes to existing scopes of practice that should be
recommended to the legislature; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recommendations of the
task force be reported to the interim legislative health and
human services committee no later than November 2007; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the New Mexico health policy commission, each of
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the health-related licensing boards within the regulation and
licensing department, the board of nursing and the New Mexico
medical board.
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