New Mexico Statutes Chapter 61. Professional and Occupational Licenses § 61-12G-2. Definitions

A. “approved naturopathic medical educational program” means an educational program that the board has approved as meeting the requirements of Section 4 of the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act that prepares naturopathic doctors for the practice of naturopathic medicine;

B. “association” means an entity that is approved by the American association of naturopathic physicians, which entity represents the interests of naturopathic doctors in the state;

C. “biological product” means any of the following that is applicable to the prevention, treatment or cure of a disease or condition of human beings:

D. “board” means the New Mexico medical board established pursuant to the Medical Practice Act;

E. “clinical laboratory procedure” means the use of venipuncture consistent with naturopathic medical practice, commonly used diagnostic modalities consistent with naturopathic practice, the recording of a patient's health history, physical examination, ordering and interpretation of radiographic diagnostics and other standard imaging and examination of body orifices, excluding endoscopy and colonoscopy. “Clinical laboratory procedure” includes the practice of obtaining samples of human tissues, except surgical excision beyond surgical excision that is authorized as a minor office procedure;

F. “controlled substance” means a drug, substance or immediate precursor enumerated in Schedules I through V of the Controlled Substances Act;

G. “council” means the naturopathic doctors' advisory council;

H. “dangerous drug” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 26-1-2 NMSA 1978;

I. “drug” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 26-1-2 NMSA 1978;

J. “homeopathic medicine” means a system of medicine based on the use of infinitesimal doses of substances capable of producing symptoms similar to those of the disease treated, as listed in the homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States;

K. “hygiene” means the use of preventive techniques, including personal hygiene, asepsis, public health and safety;

L. “laboratory examination” means:

M. “legend drug” means a drug that is an unscheduled dangerous drug;

N. “license” means a license issued by the board to an individual pursuant to the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act and board rules authorizing that individual to practice naturopathic medicine in the state;

O. “licensee” means a naturopathic doctor licensed by the board to practice naturopathic medicine in the state;

P. “minor office procedure” means minor surgical care and procedures, including:

Q. “naturopathic doctor” means an individual licensed pursuant to the Naturopathic Doctors' Practice Act as a naturopathic doctor to practice naturopathic medicine in the state;

R. “naturopathic medicine” means:

S. “naturopathic physical medicine” means the use of one or more of the following physical agents in a manner consistent with naturopathic medical practice on a part or the whole of the body, by hand or by mechanical means, in the resolution of a human ailment or conditions:

T. “naturopathic therapy” means the use of:

U. “nutrition and food science” means the prevention and treatment of disease or other human conditions through the use of food, water, herbs, roots, bark or natural food elements;

V. “prescription” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 26-1-2 NMSA 1978;

W. “professional examination” means a competency-based national naturopathic doctor licensing examination administered by the North American board of naturopathic examiners or its successor agency, which board has been nationally recognized to administer a naturopathic examination that represents federal standards of education and training;

X. “suggestion” means a technique using:

Y. “therapeutic substance” means any of the following exemplified in a standard naturopathic medical text, journal or pharmacopeia: