BAOM Membership Opportunities

The NM Governor seeks to appoint to the Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine one professional member (Doctor of Oriental Medicine, DOM) as well as two public members to serve on the Board.

The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor for terms of three years each. Four members of the board shall be doctors of oriental medicine who have been residents of and practiced acupuncture and oriental medicine in New Mexico for at least five years immediately preceding the date of their appointment. Three members shall be appointed to represent the public and shall not have practiced acupuncture and oriental medicine in this or any other jurisdiction or have any financial interest in the profession regulated. No board member shall be the owner, principal or director of an institute offering educational programs in acupuncture and oriental medicine. No more than one board member may be from each of the following categories:

(1)       a faculty member at an institute offering educational programs in acupuncture and oriental medicine;

(2)       a tutor in acupuncture and oriental medicine; or

(3)       an officer or director in a professional association of acupuncture and oriental medicine.

Board members are non-salaried public officials and will be eligible for per diem pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 10-8-1 to 10-8-8.