2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses › Article 12A - Occupational Therapy › Section 61-12A-14 - Expedited licensure by endorsement. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. The board shall grant a license to an applicant who presents a valid, unrestricted license as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant in another licensing jurisdiction and is in good standing with the licensing board of that licensing jurisdiction. The board shall, as soon as practicable but no later than thirty days after an out-of-state licensee files an application for an expedited license accompanied by required fees, process the application and issue the expedited license in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978.
B. If the out-of-state licensee was licensed in a jurisdiction that did not require passage of the national examination for certification in occupational therapy, the board may require the licensee to pass that examination to continue to be licensed in New Mexico.
C. The board shall determine the other states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia from which it will not accept applicants for expedited licensure and the foreign countries from which it will accept applicants for expedited licensure. The board shall post the list of disapproved and approved licensing jurisdictions on its website. The list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions shall include the specific reasons for disapproval. The lists shall be reviewed annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted.
History:
1978 Comp., § 61-12A-14, enacted by Laws 1996, ch. 55, § 14; 2005, ch. 199, § 11; 2022, ch. 39, § 47.
ANNOTATIONS
Repeals and reenactments.
— Laws 1996, ch. 55, § 27 repealed 61-12A-14 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 267, § 14, relating to waiver of requirements for licensure, and § 14 of that act enacted a new section, effective July 1, 1996.
Delayed repeals.
— For the delayed repeal of this section,
see
61-12A-24 NMSA 1978.
The 2022 amendment,
effective May 18, 2022, revised provisions related to expedited licensure by endorsement, provided that the board of examiners for occupational therapy shall issue an expedited license to a person who holds a valid, unrestricted license as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant issued by another licensing jurisdiction and is in good standing with the licensing board of that jurisdiction, provided that the board shall expedite the issuance of licenses in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 within thirty days, provided that if board issues an expedited license to a person whose prior licensing jurisdiction did not require examination, the board may require the person to pass an examination to continue to be licensed in New Mexico, and required the board to determine by rule, and to post on its website, which states and territories of the United States or the District of Columbia from which the board will not accept an applicant for expedited licensure and those foreign countries from which the board will accept an applicant for expedited licensure, required that the list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions include a reason for disapproval, and required the board to review the lists annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted; in the section heading, added "Expedited"; in Subsection A, after "The board", deleted "may" and added "shall", after "applicant who presents a", deleted "current" and added "valid, unrestricted", after "license", deleted "in good standing", after "an occupational therapy assistant in another", deleted "state the District of Columbia or a territory of the United States that meets the requirements of Section 61-12A-11 NMSA 1978" and added the remainder of the subsection; and added Subsections B and C.
Temporary provisions.
— Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 104 provided that a board that is required by Laws 2022, ch. 39 to change its licensing provisions to allow for new or different expedited licensure shall have rules in place and operational by January 1, 2023.
The 2005 amendment,
effective July 1, 2005, changed "a registered occupational therapist" to "an occupational therapist" and changed "a certified occupational therapy assistant" to "an occupational therapy assistant".