TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 20 PHYSICAL
THERAPISTS
PART 10 DIRECT CARE REQUIREMENTS
16.20.10.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Physical Therapy Board.
[12-15-97; 16.20.10.1 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 20.10.1, 08-31-00]
16.20.10.2 SCOPE: All individuals who wish to practice physical therapy in the State of New Mexico.
[12-15-97; 16.20.10.2 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 20.10.2, 08-31-00]
16.20.10.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 61-12-10 NMSA 1978.
[12-15-97; 16.20.10.3 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 20.10.3, 08-31-00]
16.20.10.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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16.20.10.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1997, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[03-29-83 . . . 12-15-97; 16.20.10.5 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 20.10.5, 08-31-00]
16.20.10.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of Part 10 of Chapter 20 is to define direct care requirements.
[12-15-97; 16.20.10.6 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 20.10.6, 08-31-00]
16.20.10.7 DEFINITIONS: “Primary health care provider” means a health care professional who is licensed in the U.S. and provides the first level of basic or general health care for individual’s health needs, including diagnostic and treatment services, and includes, but is not limited to, a physician (M.D., D.O., D.P.M.), doctor of veterinary medicine (D.V.M.), doctor of chiropractic (D.C.), doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S.), doctor of oriental medicine (D.O.M.), certified nurse practitioner (C.N.P.), certified nurse-midwife (C.N.M.), licensed midwife (L.M.), and physician assistant (P.A.) practicing under the auspices of one of the providers listed herein.
[12-15-97; 16.20.10.7 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 20.10.7, 08-31-00; A, 02-15-04; A, 8/16/10]
16.20.10.8 DIRECT CARE REQUIREMENTS:
A. A physical therapist shall not accept a patient for treatment without an existing medical diagnosis for the specific medical or physical problem made by a licensed primary care provider, except for those children participating in special education programs in accordance with Section 22-13-5 NMSA 1978 and for acute care within the scope of practice of physical therapy. For the purposes of this subsection, “existing medical diagnosis” means substantive signs and symptoms consistent with the episode from a previous primary care provider diagnosis made or confirmed by that provider within the past twelve (12) months.
B. When physical therapy services are commenced under the same diagnosis, such diagnosis and plan of treatment must be communicated to the patient’s primary health care provider at intervals of at least once every sixty (60) days, unless otherwise indicated by the primary care provider. Such communication will be deemed complete as noted in the patient’s medical record by the physical therapist.
[12-15-97; 16.20.10.8 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 20.10.8, 08-31-00]
HISTORY of 16.20.10 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with State Records and Archives:
Rule 89-10, Definition of 61-12-13 Unprofessional Conduct, filed 9-11-89
Rule 91-10, Definition of 61-12-13 Unprofessional Conduct, filed 5-8-91
Rule 94-10, Definition of 61-12-13 Unprofessional Conduct, filed 6-3-94.
History of the Repealed Material: [RESERVED]
Other History:
16 NMAC 20.10, Direct Care Requirements, filed 12-1-97 renumbered, reformatted, and amended to 16.20.10 NMAC, Direct Care Requirements, effective 8-31-00.