A licensee shall not:A. provide care outside of the scope of primary care, as that term is defined in rules of the board;B. perform surgery outside of the scope of minor office procedures permitted in the employment of naturopathic therapy;C. use general or spinal anesthetics;D. administer ionizing radioactive substances for therapeutic purposes;E. perform a surgical procedure using a laser device;F. perform a surgical procedure involving any of the following areas of the body that extend beyond superficial tissue:(1) eye;(2) ear;(3) tendon;(4) nerves;(5) veins; or(6) artery;G. perform a surgical abortion;H. treat any lesion suspected of malignancy or requiring surgical removal; orI. perform acupuncture.History: Laws 2019, ch. 244, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 244 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
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