Can a physician assistant inject or prescribe in New Mexico?
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Short answer
Yes — a PA may inject whatever falls within their own education and experience, as narrowed by the named supervising physician's direction; there is no procedure list. The cited rules do not separately settle prescribing authority.
New Mexico sets the physician assistant’s ceiling by education and experience, then lets the supervising physician narrow it. “Unless otherwise provided by law, physician assistants may provide medical services within the scope of the physician assistants’ education and experience.” And on limits: “Practice limitations are determined by the supervising physician’s or specialty and practice setting in addition to the physician assistant’s education and training.” The rule states no list of procedures and names no modality, so what a New Mexico physician assistant may inject is decided by those two things and not by an enumeration.
16.10.15.16 and 16.10.15.17 NMAC (Scope of practice; practice limitations) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related New Mexico rules
The supervision is a named physician and a reachable one. “Supervision of a physician assistant must be rendered by a licensed supervising physician.” That physician must “Provide direction to the physician assistant to specify what medical services should be provided. This may be done through a written utilization plan or by other direct communications”, must “Provide a means for immediate communication between the physician assistant and the supervising physician”, and must keep a quality assurance program reviewing the medical services the physician assistant provides.
16.10.15.11 NMAC (Supervision of a physician assistant) · verified Sep 8, 2026
Scope of practice for APRNs may include aesthetic healthcare procedures with the appropriate population foci , licensure, national APRN certification and education.
16.12.14.8(D) NMAC (Education and scope of practice) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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