A. Unless required by federal law, a health facility shall establish the same criteria for granting patient admitting or discharge privileges or in authorizing continuing patient care for certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and clinical nurse specialists as the health facility has established for physicians. B. A health facility shall ensure that certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and clinical nurse specialists acting in accordance with these professionals' respective scopes of practice under New Mexico law are: (1) eligible to serve on the health facility's medical staff; (2) credentialed under the same procedures as the health facility has established for physicians; and (3) authorized to conduct peer review of their professional colleagues. C. As used in this section: (1) "certified nurse-midwife" means a person licensed as a registered nurse pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 3 NMSA 1978] and licensed by the department of health as a certified nurse-midwife; (2) "certified nurse practitioner" means a registered nurse who is licensed by the board of nursing for advanced practice as a certified nurse practitioner pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act; (3) "clinical nurse specialist" means a registered nurse who is licensed by the board of nursing for advanced practice as a clinical nurse specialist and whose name and pertinent information are entered on the list of clinical nurse specialists maintained by the board of nursing; (4) "health facility" means a health facility licensed by the authority; and (5) "physician" means a person licensed to practice as a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician. History: Laws 2019, ch. 129, § 1; § 24-1-41, recompiled and amended as § 24A-1-13 by Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 34. Recompilations. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 34 recompiled and amended former 24-1-41 NMSA 1978 as 24A-1-13 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2024. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted the health care authority for the department of health to correspond with the new powers and duties of the health care authority; and in Subsection C, Paragraph C(4), after "licensed by the" deleted "department of health pursuant to the Public Health Act" and added "authority".
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