New Mexico Statutes Chapter 61. Professional and Occupational Licenses § 61-14A-17. Disciplinary proceedings; judicial review; application of Uniform Licensing Act

(1) is guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license;

(2) has been convicted of a felony. A certified copy of the record of conviction shall be conclusive evidence of such conviction;

(3) is guilty of incompetence as defined by board rule;

(4) is habitually intemperate, is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs or is addicted to any vice to such a degree as to render him unfit to practice as a doctor of oriental medicine;

(5) is guilty of unprofessional conduct, as defined by board rule;

(6) is guilty of any violation of the Controlled Substances Act;

(7) has violated any provision of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act or rules promulgated by the board;

(8) is guilty of failing to furnish the board, its investigators or representatives with information requested by the board;

(9) is guilty of willfully or negligently practicing beyond the scope of acupuncture and oriental medicine as defined in the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act;

(10) is guilty of failing to adequately supervise a sponsored temporary licensee;

(11) is guilty of aiding or abetting the practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine by a person not licensed by the board;

(12) is guilty of practicing or attempting to practice under an assumed name;

(13) advertises by means of knowingly false statements;

(14) advertises or attempts to attract patronage in any unethical manner prohibited by the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act or the rules of the board;

(15) has been declared mentally incompetent by regularly constituted authorities;

(16) has had a license, certificate or registration to practice as a doctor of oriental medicine revoked, suspended or denied in any jurisdiction of the United States or a foreign country for actions of the licensee similar to acts described in this subsection. A certified copy of the record of the jurisdiction taking such disciplinary action will be conclusive evidence thereof; or

(17) fails, when diagnosing or treating a patient, to possess or apply the knowledge or to use the skill and care ordinarily used by reasonably well-qualified doctors of oriental medicine practicing under similar circumstances, giving due consideration to the locality involved.