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

This is an amendment to 16.27.3 NMAC, Sections 8 and 10, effective 1/18/2023.

16.27.3.8 APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION:

A. All applicants for licensure by examination must submit the following documentation to the board:

(1) a completed application, signed by the applicant;

(2) a 2” x 2” photograph of the applicant taken within the preceding six months;

(3) an application fee of $75;

(4) an official transcript in their original and sealed envelope or electronically sent directly to the board’s e-mail address from each institution where the applicant completed an appropriate degree for the license type sought;

(5) if required, a statement from each supervisor on a form provided by the board verifying the applicant’s supervised experience and setting forth the nature and extent of each supervision; the forms must be submitted in a sealed envelope to the board office;

(6) other documentation required in [16.27.4 through 8 NMAC, and 16.27.18 through 23 NMAC] 16.27.4 NMAC through 16.27.8 NMAC, and 16.27.18 NMAC through 16.27.23 NMAC, to document supervision, any additional training or coursework, work experience and client contact hours.

B. Applications will be valid for a period not to exceed 12 months from the date it is received at the board’s office. An applicant wishing to re-apply after 12 months must submit a new application, including the application fee and all documentation.

C. Applicants who are deemed ineligible because of experience or educational deficiencies may request licensure at a lower level. This request from the applicant shall be in writing and include a $25 application re-review fee as provided for in 16.27.17 NMAC.

[16.27.3.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.27.3.8 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]

16.27.3.10 INITIAL LICENSE PERIOD: [The] An initial license will be issued including an expedited license for a period not to exceed 24 months. The issue date of the license will be the date the initial license fee and all other requirements are received at the board office and shall expire on September 30 of the appropriate year to establish the license in a renewal cycle.

[16.27.3.10 NMAC - Rp, 16.27.3.10 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]