New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV, Issue 1 / January 18, 2023

This is and amendment to 16.21.7 NMAC, Sections 3, 8 and 9 effective 1/18/2023.

16.21.7.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: [Podiatry Act, 61-8-10 NMSA 1978 and 61-8-10.1 NMSA 1978.] These rules are promulgated pursuant to the Podiatry Act, Sections 61-8-1 through 61-8-17 NMSA 1978.

[16.21.7.3 NMAC - N, 10/15/2004, A, 1/18/2023]

16.21.7.8 LICENSE EXPIRATION: Podiatry licenses expire on January 1 of each year. Initial licenses, including expedited licenses, may be issued for a period greater than 12 months but less than 24 months, in order to align the license expiration date with the board’s renewal cycle.

[16.21.7.8 NMAC - Rp, Rule VI.A, 10/15/2004, A, 1/18/2023]

16.21.7.9 RENEWAL DEADLINE: A completed renewal application accompanied by the required fees, documentation of 16 hours of continuing education as defined in 16.21.8.13 NMAC and must be post-marked, received electronically, or hand delivered on or before January 1 of each year. [Fourteen hours of CE is required for the renewal years before January 2, 2105. On or after January 2, 2015 the] The CE requirement is 16 hours of CE, including 2 hours of pain management.

[16.21.7.9 NMAC - Rp, Rule VI.A, 10/15/2004; A, 7/29/2011; A, 11/1/2013; A, 1/18/2023]