New Mexico § 61-6C-6 Physician assistant collaboration with licensed

New Mexico Statutes

§ 61-6C-6 — Physician assistant collaboration with licensed

New Mexico § 61-6C-6

Ch. 61Professional and Occupational Licenses

Art. 6CPhysician Assistants

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-6C-6 (2026).

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physicians; scope of practice; medical malpractice insurance. A. A physician assistant may perform the acts and duties that are within the physician assistant's scope of practice in collaboration with a licensed physician, if the physician assistant has:

(1)completed three years of clinical practice as a physician assistant with the supervision of a licensed physician; and (2) complied with rules adopted by the board establishing qualifications for when a physician assistant may engage in the practice of medicine in collaboration with a licensed physician. B. A physician assistant practicing in collaboration with a licensed physician shall, at a minimum, maintain a policy of malpractice liability insurance that will qualify the physician assistant under the provisions of the Medical Malpr

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physicians; scope of practice; medical malpractice insurance. A. A physician assistant may perform the acts and duties that are within the physician assistant's scope of practice in collaboration with a licensed physician, if the physician assistant has: (1) completed three years of clinical practice as a physician assistant with the supervision of a licensed physician; and (2) complied with rules adopted by the board establishing qualifications for when a physician assistant may engage in the practice of medicine in collaboration with a licensed physician. B. A physician assistant practicing in collaboration with a licensed physician shall, at a minimum, maintain a policy of malpractice liability insurance that will qualify the physician assistant under the provisions of the Medical Malpractice Act [Chapter 41, Article 5 NMSA 1978].