TITLE 16             OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

CHAPTER 13     NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS

PART 12               LICENSE REACTIVATION

 

16.13.12.1             ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Nursing Home Administrators Board

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.1 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 13.12.1, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.2             SCOPE: The provisions in Part 12 of Chapter 13 apply to persons who have placed their nursing home administrator’s license on inactive status or to persons whose licenses have expired due to non-renewal and who wish to reactivate their license.  The inactive or expired licenses are still within the time limitation during which the license can be reactivated.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.2 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.2, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.3             STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Part 12 of Chapter 13 is promulgated pursuant to the Nursing Home Administrators Act, Section 61-13-6.B NMSA 1978 (1993 Repl. Pamp.).

[2-24-88; 2-13-94; 10-31-95; 16.13.12.3 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.3, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.4             DURATION: Permanent.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.4 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.4, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.5             EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 1995.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.5 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.5, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.6             OBJECTIVE: The objective of Part 12 of Chapter 13 is to establish regulations for reactivation of an inactive or expired nursing home administrator’s license.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.6 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.6, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.7             DEFINITIONS:  [RESERVED]

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.7 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.7, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.8             PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENTS FOR REACTIVATION: The licensee must meet the following requirements before his/her inactive or expired license will be reactivated:

                A.            Request from the board a reactivation application form or download it from the board’s internet website;

                B.            Complete, sign, and return the reactivation application form within the time limitations set forth in 16.13.9.12 and 16.13.10.13 NMAC.

                C.            Submit verification of twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education completed for each year the license was expired; and

                D.            Remit the required fee(s) as set forth in Subsections I and J of 16.13.2.8 NMAC.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.8 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 13.12.8, 1-25-2001; A, 04-02-2002; A, 05-26-2016]

 

16.13.12.9             REACTIVATION APPROVED: Upon review and approval of the reactivation application, the board may issue a reactivated license to the licensee.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.9 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.9, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.10          PRORATED RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS: In order to get the licensee back onto the regular renewal cycle with all current nursing home administrators licenses expiring on the last day of March of the year, the next renewal period after reactivation may be shorter than twelve months depending upon the month in which the license is reactivated.  This may require proration of the renewal fee and the number of continuing education hours required for the next renewal.  Continuing education will be prorated at two (2) hours for each month before the next March.  (Same calculation method used in 16.13.13.9 NMAC and 16.13.7.10 NMAC).

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.10 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.10, 1-25-2001; A, 04-15-2002]

 

16.13.12.11          RESUMPTION OF PRACTICE ALLOWED: Upon receipt of the reactivated license, the licensee may resume the practice of nursing home administration.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.11 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.11, 1-25-2001]

 

16.13.12.12          DISPLAY OF REACTIVATED LICENSE: The licensee must display the reactivated license at the facility where he/she is employed in the position of nursing home administrator.

[10-31-95; 16.13.12.12 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 13.12.12, 1-25-2001]

 

HISTORY of 16.13.12 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History:  None

 

History of Repealed Material:  [RESERVED]

 

Other History:  16 NMAC 13.12, License Reactivation, filed 10-13-95, renumbered and reformatted to 16.13.10 NMAC, License Reactivation, effective 1-25-2001.