TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 4 CHIROPRACTIC PRACTITIONERS
PART 4 LICENSURE WITHOUT EXAMINATION
16.4.4.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Chiropractic
Board, PO Box 25101, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504.
[16.4.4.1 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.1
NMAC 8/10/2019]
16.4.4.2 SCOPE: Applicants for
licensure as a chiropractic physician without examination.
[16.4.4.2 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.2
NMAC 8/10/2019]
16.4.4.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: These rules of
practice and procedure govern the practice of chiropractic in New Mexico and
are promulgated pursuant to and in accordance with the Chiropractic Physician
Practice Act, Section 61-4-8 NMSA 1978.
[16.4.4.3 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.3
NMAC 8/10/2019]
16.4.4.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[16.4.4.4 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.4
NMAC 8/10/2019]
16.4.4.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 2019,
unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.4.4.5 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.5
NMAC 8/10/2019]
16.4.4.6 OBJECTIVE: To establish
requirements for licensure without examination.
[16.4.4.6 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.6
NMAC 8/10/2019]
16.4.4.7 DEFINITIONS: (Refer to
16.4.1 NMAC).
[16.4.4.7 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.7
NMAC 8/10/2019]
16.4.4.8 LICENSURE:
A. In
accordance with Section 61-4-8 NMSA 1978, of the New Mexico Chiropractic
Physician Practice Act, the board may, at its discretion, issue licenses to
practice chiropractic in New Mexico to doctors who provide evidence of meeting
the following minimal requirements:
(1) is of good moral character and has maintained an active
practice for at least seven of the last ten years prior to the filing of the
application as a doctor of chiropractic in another state, territory, country or
foreign jurisdiction whose licensure requirements are equal to or exceed those
of New Mexico; and
(a) has a doctor of chiropractic diploma
from a council on chiropractic education accredited or board accepted
equivalent chiropractic college;
(b) for those who have served in the
military services of the United States for two years or more within one year
prior to application, two of the seven out of 10 years of active practice
required can be substituted for and;
(c) is an applicant showing evidence of
having passed all examinations conducted by the NBCE that were in effect at the
time of graduation from chiropractic college;
(2) has had no disciplinary action imposed, nor criminal
convictions entered against any chiropractic license the applicant held or
holds; applicant agrees to a national practitioners databank and a federation
of chiropractic licensing boards background check;
(3) can attest that the applicant has never been found guilty
of any action which, had it been committed in New Mexico, would be grounds for
disciplinary action against the license;
(4) provides national board transcripts that have been sent
directly from each agency to the board.
B. Applicant
must complete application for licensure without examination, pay nonrefundable
application fee of $350.00, pay a licensing fee of $350.00 once applicant is
accepted for licensure, and should meet all other applicable requirements of
New Mexico statutes pertaining to the practice of chiropractic and all other
applicable provisions of the board's rules.
The applicant will be required to complete the jurisprudence exam with a
score of at least 75 percent.
C. If
an applicant does not meet the minimal requirements of 61-4-8.B NMSA 1978,
applicant may at the discretion of the board, be required to take and pass part
I, II, III or IV, or physiologic therapeutics or the special purpose examination
(SPEC) of the national boards or request to be placed on the agenda at the next
scheduled board meeting.
D. Upon
receipt of a completed application, including all required documentation as set
forth in Subsection A of 16.4.3.8 NMAC and fees, as stated in Subsection B of
16.4.4.8 NMAC the board administrator or the delegate of the board will review
and may approve the application. The results of the background check must
either indicate no negative findings, or if there are negative findings, those
findings will be considered by the board. The board may formally accept the
approval of the application at the next scheduled meeting.
E. The
board may designate a professional background information service, which
compiles background information regarding an applicant from multiple sources.
[16.4.4.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.4.4.8
NMAC 8/10/2019]
HISTORY OF 16.4.4 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material
in this part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records
Center and Archives under:
Rule 17-95, Licensure By
Endorsement, filed 2/20/1995.
History of Repealed
Material: 16.4.4 NMAC, Licensure
Without Examination filed 12/15/2004, Repealed effective 8/10/2019.
Other History:
Rule 17-95, Licensure By
Endorsement (filed 2/20/1995) was renumbered, reformatted and replaced by 16
NMAC 4.4, Licensure By Endorsement, effective 11/16/1997.
16 NMAC 4.4, Licensure By
Endorsement (filed 10/17/1997) was renumbered, reformatted, amended and
replaced by 16.4.4 NMAC, Licensure By Endorsement, effective 1/15/2005.
16.4.4 NMAC, Licensure
Without Examination filed 12/15/2004 was replaced by 16.4.4 NMAC, Licensure
Without Examination, effective 8/10/2019.