New Mexico scope of practice for med spas
Who may perform which procedures, and under what supervision, by state. Below are the New Mexico rules that govern it, each linked to its primary source. Monitoring and reference, not legal advice.
RN / NP scope for injectables in New Mexico
NEW MEXICO TIERS THE NURSING LICENSES EXPLICITLY FOR THIS SETTING. An APRN with the appropriate population foci, licensure, national certification and education may perform aesthetic healthcare procedures and is the only nursing license that may serve as a CLINICAL SUPERVISOR. An RN may perform them with appropriate education and training only if DELEGATED BY and under the INDIRECT supervision of an APRN or other clinical supervisor. An LPN may perform them only under DIRECT supervision — the supervisor physically in the facility — and MAY NOT PERFORM AESTHETIC INJECTIONS at all. An RN or LPN may not serve as a clinical supervisor.
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
Scope of practice for RNs may include aesthetic healthcare procedures with the appropriate education and training only if delegated by, and under the indirect supervision of an APRN or other clinical supervisor.
16.12.14.8(E) NMAC (Education and scope of practice) · verified Sep 4, 2026
Scope of practice for LPNs may include aesthetic healthcare procedures with the appropriate education and training, only if delegated by, and under the direct supervision of an APRN or other clinical supervisor. However, LPNs may not perform aesthetic injections.
16.12.14.8(F) NMAC (Education and scope of practice) · verified Sep 4, 2026
“Direct supervision” means supervision by a licensed independent practitioner who is physically in the aesthetic healthcare facility, and immediately available to provide in-person clinical supervision and direction during the entire time of an aesthetic healthcare procedure.
16.12.14.7(D) NMAC (Definitions — direct supervision) · verified Sep 4, 2026
“Indirect supervision” means supervision by a licensed independent practitioner who is available outside of the aesthetic healthcare facility, but within a reasonably close distance and on-call, to immediately respond and provide verbal clinical supervision and direction, and travel to the aesthetic healthcare facility as needed.
16.12.14.7(I) NMAC (Definitions — indirect supervision) · verified Sep 4, 2026
An APRN may serve as a clinical supervisor in an aesthetic healthcare facility with the appropriate population foci , licensure, national APRN certification and education. An RN or LPN may not serve as a clinical supervisor in an aesthetic healthcare facility.
16.12.14.9(A) NMAC (Clinical supervisor) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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
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
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