New Mexico Board of Pharmacy v. New Mexico Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners

1. An osteopathic physician may delegate to a physicians assistant the authority to prescribe any drugs controlled by the Schedules II through V, of the New Mexico Controlled Substances Act, provided that the physicians assistant has worked for the supervising physician for at least 6 months. Such delegations may be for all drugs in Schedules II through V, or only for certain drugs, or only for drugs in one or more of the Schedules.