A. Unless required by federal law, a health facility shall establish the same criteria for granting patient admitting or discharge privileges or in authorizing continuing patient care for certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and clinical nurse specialists as the health facility has established for physicians.

B. A health facility shall ensure that certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and clinical nurse specialists acting in accordance with these professionals' respective scopes of practice under New Mexico law are:

(1) eligible to serve on the health facility's medical staff;

(2) credentialed under the same procedures as the health facility has established for physicians; and

(3) authorized to conduct peer review of their professional colleagues.

C. As used in this section:

(1) "certified nurse-midwife" means an individual licensed as a registered nurse pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act and licensed by the department of health as a certified nurse-midwife;

(2) "certified nurse practitioner" means a registered nurse who is licensed by the board of nursing for advanced practice as a certified nurse practitioner pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act;

(3) "clinical nurse specialist" means a registered nurse who is licensed by the board of nursing for advanced practice as a clinical nurse specialist and whose name and pertinent information are entered on the list of clinical nurse specialists maintained by the board of nursing;

(4) "health facility" means a health facility licensed by the department of health pursuant to the Public Health Act [Chapter 24, Article 1 NMSA 1978]; and

(5) "physician" means an individual licensed to practice as a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician.

History: Laws 2019, ch. 129, § 1.

Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 129, § 2 made Laws 2019, ch. 129, § 1 effective July 1, 2020.