by NMSAAM | Jul 24, 2025 | Business, Communications, DOM Licensure
The DOM Licensing Exam Needs a New Home – in Albuquerque (or the ABQ area) We do not know the number of Licensing Candidates who will take an exam until 30 days prior to an exam date. It is possible we may require the site for both Saturday and Sunday. It is...
by NMSAAM | Aug 15, 2024 | DOM Licensure, NM BAOM
Highlights of the NM BAOM Meeting July 8, 2024 by Dr. Yvonne Wylie Walston, DOM NMSAAM President Many DOMs are not familiar with NM BAOM (Board of Acupuncture and Asian Medicine) meetings. NMSAAM generally has at least one member or representative there to stay...
by Dr. Elene Gusch, DOM | Jul 12, 2023 | DOM Licensure, Legislative
We are collecting comments about the possibility of a second tier of licensure that would not include training in herbs or the ability to practice with them. Here is what we have received so far; we will add more as they come in, even after the Town Hall. Please...
by Dr. Elene Gusch, DOM | Mar 26, 2023 | DOM Licensure, Legislative
By Yvonne Walston, DOM and Elene Gusch, DOM Good News: Our Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham wasted no time signing HB 201, Extend Certain Board Sunset Dates, into law on March 16, 2023, near the end of the 60-day legislative session. We had been bracing for a sunset in...
by NMSAAM | Feb 20, 2023 | DOM Licensure, Legislative
Call to all NM DOMs: It has come to our attention that two Senate bills affecting our profession were dropped this past week at the Roundhouse, SB 421 and SB 461. They appear to be the exact same bill. For the record, we, the BOD of NMSAAM, the professional society...
by NMSAAM | Dec 7, 2021 | Communications, DOM Licensure, Legislative
There has been a new proposal for an additional tier of licensure for acupuncturists in New Mexico, LAc’s, which would include “acupuncture and adjunct therapies but not Chinese herbal medicine.” Reportedly, NM Representative Christine Chandler has been...
