New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 22 / November 30, 2021

 

 

This is an amendment to 16.19.12 NMAC, Section 3, 9, and 12, effective 11/30/2021.

 

16.19.12.3             STATUTORY AUTHORITY:  Section 30-31-11 NMSA 1978 authorizes the board of pharmacy (“board”) to charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and control of the manufacture, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances.  Section 30-31B-6 NMSA 1978 authorizes the board to charge reasonable fees for the registration and control of the manufacture, possession, transfer and transportation of drug precursors.  Sections 61-11-12, 61-11-13, and 61-11-14 NMSA 1978 authorize the board to charge, and limit the maximum charges for:

                A.            applications for registration and renewal of registration as a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician; and

                B.            applications for the registration of retail pharmacies, wholesale drug distributors, nonresident pharmacies, drug manufacturers, hospital pharmacies, drug rooms, nursing homes, industrial or public health clinics, the department of health clinics and health facilities, home care services, wholesalers, retailers and distributors of legend-bearing veterinary drugs, outsourcing facilities, repackagers, and third party logistics providers.  Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 authorizes the board to waive license fees for the first three years for military service members, spouses, dependents, and veterans where the license is issued by reciprocity.

[2/15/1996; 16.19.12.3 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.12.3, 3/30/2002; A, 8/2/2019; A, 11/30/2021]

 

16.19.12.9             REGISTRATION FEES:

                A.            Registration by examination                                                             $200.00

                B.            Registration by reciprocity                                                                 $200.00

                C.            Registration as an intern                                                                     $25.00

                D.            Registration as a pharmacy technician                                           $25.00

                E.            Waiver of registration fees:  The board of pharmacy waives the registration fee set forth in regulation 16.19.12.9 for individuals who are currently serving in the United States military, and for those service member spouses, for change of duty location to New Mexico.

                F.            Registration fees are waived for United States military service members, spouses (includes surviving spouse of a member who at the time of member’s death was serving on active duty), dependent children, and veterans who are applying for pharmacist licensure by reciprocity.

[3/7/1980…8/27/1990; A, 7/15/1997; A, 7/31/1998; 16.19.12.9 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.12.6, 3/30/2002; A, 12/15/2002; A, 9/30/2003; A, 3/22/2015; A, 8/2/2019; A, 11/30/2021]

 

16.19.12.12          LICENSE/REGISTRATION RENEWAL:

                A.            Pharmacist license renewal for active                                             $200.00 bi-ennially

                B.            Pharmacist license renewal for in-active                                        $70.00 bi-ennially

                C.            Intern renewal                                                                                      $25.00 per year

                D.            Duplicate license for interns and pharmacists                               $10.00

                E.            Controlled substance registration                                                     $180.00 tri-ennially

A locum tenens practitioner may apply for an initial registration which expires no more than one year after date of issuance, and this registration fee shall be $60.00.  The board may issue a registration for a time period determined by the board and shorter than three years if it is consistent with the public health and safety.

                F.            Duplicate license for controlled substance                                     $10.00

                G.            Pharmacy technician renewal                                                           $30.00 bi-ennially

                H.            Pharmacist clinician                                                                            $70.00 bi-ennially

                I.             Pharmacist license renewal for active pharmacists with 50 or more years of service             $70.00 bi-ennially

                J.             Note:  Waiver of license renewal fees:  The board of pharmacy waives the renewal fee set forth in regulation 16.19.12.12 for individuals who are currently serving in the United States military in an active war zone or who serve in direct support of operation in active war zones.

                K.            Initial renewal fees are waived for United States military service members, spouses (includes surviving spouse of a member who at the time of member’s death was serving on active duty), dependent children, and veterans, who obtained pharmacist licensure by reciprocity.

[3/7/1980...8/27/1990; A, 7/31/1998; A, 11-14-98; 16.19.12.12 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.12.12, 3/30/2002; A, 12/15/2002; A, 9/30/2003; A, 7/15/2004; A, 12/15/2005; A, 1/31/2007; A, 3/22/2015; A, 6/26/2018, A, 12/15/2020; A, 11/30/2021]