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HOUSE HEALTH AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 71
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
A JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THE INTERIM LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH AN UNBIASED AND FAIR PROCESS TO REVIEW
SCOPES OF PRACTICE OF THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS.
WHEREAS, the legislature seeks objective information on
proposed changes to health care scopes of practice or the
creation of new scopes of practice; and
WHEREAS, the reasons for scope of practice changes should
have a foundational basis within four areas: an established
history of the practice scope within the profession, education
and training, supporting evidence and an appropriate regulatory
environment; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of any review and subsequent change
of any scope of practice is to promote better consumer care
across professions and providers, improve access to care and
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recognize the inevitability of overlapping scopes of practice;
and
WHEREAS, some practice changes are the result of changes
already occurring in education or practice due to research,
advances in technology and changes in societal health care
demands;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the interim legislative health and
human services committee study and recommend to the legislature
an unbiased and fair process to review proposed changes to
scopes of practice of licensed health professions and new
health professions requesting licensure; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the interim legislative health and human
services committee, each of the health-related licensing or
certification boards, the board of nursing and the New Mexico
medical board.
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