NMDA Journal Summer 2018

26 New Mexico Dental Journal, Summer 2018 NMBDHC REPORT CS REGISTRATION AND PMP. DENTISTS ARE STILL DROPPING THE BALL...CAUGHT BY THE PHARMACY BOARD. By L. Paul Balderamos, DDS, MS, FACP— Vice-Chairman New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care Dentists who hold a DEA registration in New Mexico MUST maintain a NewMexico State Controlled Substance Registration with the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy. Registration must be renewed annually and displayed in your dental office. To apply or renew with the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy, please visit their website at www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/ pharmacy_forms_and_applications.aspx. Once on their website, please use the following path:  • FORMS AND APPLICATIONS  • PRACTITIONER'S CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE REGISTRATION APPLICATION In addition, dentists practicing in New Mexico who hold a New Mexico State Controlled Substance Registration MUST also be registered in The NewMexico Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) http://nmpmp.org/. Requirements for registration for a New Mexico Controlled Substance registration can be found on the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy website. Please enroll in the PMP program at http://nmpmp.org/. Dental rules requiring registration for New Mexico State Controlled Substance Registration and PMP registration can be found in Part 16.5.15 NMAC of the dental board rules. www. rld.state .nm.us/boards/Dental_Health-Care_Rules_and_Laws. aspx. Failure to comply with the New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care rules and New Mexico Board of Pharmacy rules could result in a delay in your dental license renewal and may lead to disciplinary action. Thank you for your attention and compliance, L. Paul Balderamos DDS, MS, FACP Vice-Chairman New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care We are getting a few cases of poor communication... Patients are crying "Bait and Switch" on big cases. Some bullet points from an article that came out in the Associated Press written at a Laypersons level.  • Please communicate the length of time that a complex case will take. Include the time for healing of grafts and the length of time in temporaries. The cost of each stage of the case should be disclosed and the responsibility of follow up and monitoring the case as if progresses must be discussed with the patient.  • Materials used certificates. Dental labs should provide certificates and records of materials used. These must be maintained in the patient records.  • Dentists must report Malpractice Settlements made by your insurance company on your behalf to the NMBDHC. Failure to report will result in fines and other discipline.  • Take the jurisprudence exam. It is open book and the NMBDHC grants a unit of CEU. The exam serves as a good review.