Section 61-10A-5 - Denial, suspension or revocation.
61-10A-5. Denial, suspension or revocation.
In accordance with the procedures contained in the Uniform Licensing Act [61-1-1 NMSA 1978], the board may deny or suspend any registration or deny or revoke any certificate of qualification, upon the grounds that the applicant or osteopathic physician's assistant is guilty of:
A. procuring, aiding or abetting a criminal abortion;
B. soliciting patients for any practitioner of the healing arts;
C. soliciting or receiving any form of compensation from any person other than his registered employer for performing as an osteopathic physician's assistant;
D. willfully or negligently divulging a professional secret or discussing a patient's condition or an osteopathic physician's diagnosis without the express permission of the osteopathic physician;
E. any offense punishable by incarceration in a state penitentiary or federal prison. A copy of the record of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive evidence;
F. the habitual or excessive use of intoxicants or drugs;
G. fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or procuring a certificate of qualification to perform as an osteopathic physician's assistant in this state, or in applying for or procuring an annual registration;
H. impersonating another person registered as an osteopathic physician's assistant or allowing any person to use his certificate of qualification or registration;
I. aiding or abetting the practice of osteopathic medicine by a person not licensed by the board;
J. gross negligence in the performance of duties, task or functions assigned to him by a licensed osteopathic physician;
K. manifest incapacity or incompetence to perform as an osteopathic physician's assistant;
L. conduct resulting in the suspension or revocation by another state of a registration, license or certification to perform as an osteopathic physician's assistant, based upon acts by the osteopathic physician's assistant similar to acts constituting grounds for suspension or revocation in New Mexico. A certified copy of the record of the suspension or revocation of the state imposing the penalty is conclusive evidence thereof; or
M. conduct unbecoming in a person registered as an osteopathic physician's assistant or detrimental to the best interests of the public.