State of New Mexico
                      House of Representatives
  
                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
  
  
                                                   March 17, 1997
  
  
  Mr. Speaker:
  
       Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
  whom has been referred
  
                 SENATE BILL 272, as amended
  
  has had it under consideration and reports same with
  recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
       1.  On page 11, lines 21 and 22, remove the beginning bracket
  and line-through.
  
       2.  On page 11, line 23, remove the line-through and end
  bracket and strike the underscored "C.".
  
       3.  Strike Senate Public Affairs Committee Amendment 2.
  
       4.  On page 13, line 7, after the bracket strike the remainder
  of the line, strike line 8 through "including" and insert in lieu
  thereof a comma.
  
       5.  On page 13, line 9, after the semicolon strike "and".
  
       6.  On page 13, strike lines 11 through 17 and insert in lieu
  thereof:
  
  "devices, restricted devices and prescription devices, as those
  devices are defined in the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act,
  if the board determines by rule that such devices are necessary in
  the practice of oriental medicine and if the prescribing doctor of
  oriental medicine has fulfilled requirements for prescriptive
  authority in accordance with rules promulgated by the board for the
  devices enumerated in this paragraph;
  
                 (4)  the prescription or administration of
  cosmetics, therapeutic serum and over-the-counter drugs, other than
  those enumerated in Paragraph (2) of this subsection, as those are
  defined in the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, if the
  prescribing doctor of oriental medicine has fulfilled the
  requirements for prescriptive authority in accordance with rules
  promulgated by the board for the substances enumerated in this
  paragraph; and
  
                 (5)  the prescription or administration of the
  following dangerous drugs as they are defined in the New Mexico
  Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, if the prescribing doctor of oriental
  medicine has fulfilled the requirements for prescriptive authority
  in accordance with rules promulgated by the board for the substances
  enumerated in this paragraph:
  
                      (a)  vapocoolants;
  
                      (b)  topical application of naturally
  occurring hormones; and
                      (c)  any of the drugs or substances enumerated
  in Paragraphs (2) and (4) of this subsection if at any time these
  substances or drugs are classified as dangerous drugs."".
  
       7.  On pages 24 through 26, strike Sections 10 and 11 in their
  entirety.
  
       8.  Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.,
  
  and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
  COMMITTEE.
  
                                Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                                                                 
                                                              Gary King, Chairman
  
  
  Adopted                       Not Adopted                       
            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
  
                         Date             
  
  The roll call vote was 5  For 2  Against
  Yes:      5
            No:       Crook, Dana
            Excused:  Johnson, Rios, Vigil
            Absent:   None
  
  
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