New Mexico Statutes 61-6C-7. Physician assistants; rules
The board may promulgate in accordance with the State Rules Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 14, Article 4] and enforce those rules in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 61, Article 1] for:
A. education, skill and experience for licensure of a person as a physician assistant and providing forms and procedures for biennial license renewal;
B. examining and evaluating an applicant for licensure as a physician assistant as to skill, knowledge and experience of the applicant in the field of medical care;
C. establishing when and for how long physician assistants are permitted to prescribe, administer, dispense and distribute dangerous drugs other than controlled substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 30, Article 31] pursuant to rules adopted by the board after consultation with the board of pharmacy;
D. allowing a supervising or collaborating licensed physician to temporarily delegate supervision or collaboration responsibilities for a physician assistant to another licensed physician;
E. establishing when a physician assistant may engage in the practice of medicine in collaboration with a licensed physician; and
F. carrying out all other provisions of the Physician Assistant Act.