A. Nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall prevent a medical student properly registered or enrolled in a medical college or school in good standing from diagnosing or treating the sick or afflicted, provided that the medical student does not receive compensation for services and such services are rendered under the supervision of the school faculty as part of the student's course of study.
B. Any intern or resident who is appointed in a board-approved residency training program may pursue such training after obtaining a postgraduate training license from the board. The board may adopt by rule specific education or examination requirements for a postgraduate training license.
C. Any person serving in the assigned rotations and performing the assigned duties in a board-approved residency training program accredited in New Mexico may do so for an aggregate period not to exceed eight years or completion of the residency, whichever is shorter.
D. The board may require any applicant for a postgraduate training license required in Subsections B and C of this section to personally appear before the board or a designated member of the board for an interview.
E. Every applicant for a postgraduate training license under this section shall pay the fees required by Section 61-6-19 NMSA 1978.
F. Postgraduate training licenses shall be renewed annually and shall be effective during each year or part of a year of postgraduate training.
History: 1978 Comp., § 61-6-18, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 14; 1994, ch. 80, § 9; 2005, ch. 159, § 5.
Recompilations. — Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 16 recompiled former 61-6-18 NMSA 1978, relating to penalty for practicing without a license, as 61-6-20 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 1989.
The 2005 amendment, effective April 5, 2005, in Subsection B, provided that an intern or resident who is appointed to a board-approved residency training program may pursue the training after obtaining a license from the board and adds the provision that the board may adopt by rule specific education or examination requirement for a postgraduate training license.
The 1994 amendment, effective May 18, 1994, substituted "Any" for "Nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall require an," substituted "in New Mexico may" for "to obtain a license to" and added "after obtaining a postgraduate training license from the board" in Subsection B, rewrote Subsection C, and added Subsections D, E and F.
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