2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses › Article 9 - Psychologists › Section 61-9-10 - Licensure of psychologists from other areas; expedited licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. Except as provided in Section 61-9-10.1 NMSA 1978 for temporary or other provisional licensure that is not an expedited license, upon application accompanied by a fee as required by the Professional Psychologist Act, the board shall, without written or oral examination, issue an expedited license to a person who furnishes, upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, evidence to the board that the person has been licensed or certified as a psychologist or prescribing psychologist by another licensing jurisdiction for two years. An applicant seeking a license shall demonstrate to the board that the training and education received by the applicant is equivalent to the requirements for a doctoral degree in psychology as provided in the Professional Psychologist Act; that the applicant holds a valid, unrestricted license and is in good standing with the licensing board of that licensing jurisdiction; and the applicant has practiced psychology for at least two years immediately prior to application in New Mexico.
B. The board shall, as soon as practicable but not later than thirty days after an out-of-state licensee files an application for an expedited license, process the application and issue an expedited license in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978.
C. If the 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 before license renewal.
D. The board by rule shall determine the states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia from which it will not accept an applicant for expedited licensure and shall determine any foreign countries from which it will accept an applicant for expedited licensure. The board shall post the lists of disapproved and approved licensing jurisdictions on its website. The list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions shall include the specific reasons for disapproval. The rule shall be reviewed annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted.
History:
1953 Comp., § 67-30-9, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 92, § 9; 1989, ch. 41, § 10; 2006, ch. 6, § 2; 2009, ch. 51, § 1; 2019, ch. 19, § 2; 2021, ch. 93, § 2; 2022, ch. 39, § 41.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals.
— For delayed repeal of this section,
see
61-9-19 NMSA 1978.
The 2022 amendment,
effective May 18, 2022, revised provisions related to expedited licensure by reciprocity, provided that the New Mexico state board of psychologist examiners shall issue without examination an expedited license to a psychologist or prescribing psychologist licensed in another licensing jurisdiction if the applicant holds a license that is current and in good standing issued by the other licensing jurisdiction and the applicant has practiced psychology for at least two years immediately prior to application in New Mexico, 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 before applying for license renewal, 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 licensure"; in Subsection A, added "Except as provided in", after "Section 61-9-10.1 NMSA 1978", added "for temporary or other provisional licensure that is not an expedited license", after "without written or oral examination, issue", deleted "a" and added "an expedited", after "prescribing psychologist by another", deleted "state, a territorial possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or another country" and added "licensing jurisdiction", and added the remainder of the subsection; and added Subsections B through D.
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 2021 amendment,
effective June 18, 2021, removed discretionary language, and added mandatory language, related to the board of psychologist examiner's power to issue a license to a person who furnishes evidence to the board that the person has been licensed or certified as a psychologist or prescribing psychologist by another state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or another country for two years, and revised the qualifications for an applicant seeking a license pursuant to this section; in the section heading, after "areas", deleted "reciprocity"; after "Professional Psychologist Act, the board", changed "may" to "shall", after "evidence", deleted "satisfactory", after "or another country for", deleted "a minimum of five" and added "two", after "An applicant seeking", deleted "reciprocity" and added "a license", and after "demonstrate to", deleted "the satisfaction of".
The 2019 amendment,
effective February 4, 2019, authorized the New Mexico state board of psychologist examiners to provide reciprocity to qualifying prescribing psychologists licensed outside of New Mexico; after "certified as a psychologist", added "or prescribing psychologist".
The 2009 amendment,
effective July 1, 2009, deleted the former provisions that provided for licensure of psychologists from Puerto Rico and Canada and for the promulgation of rules to ensure reciprocity; added "or another country for a minimum of five years"; and added the last sentence.
The 2006 amendment,
effective May 17, 2006, added the qualification that this section is subject to the provisional and temporary provisions of Laws 2006, ch. 6, § 5 (compiled as 61-9-10.1 NMSA 1978); added "Canadian province" as a reciprocal licensing jurisdiction; and provided that the board shall promulgate rules to ensure a process of reciprocity for licensure of practitioners from other states or a Canadian province.
The 1989 amendment,
effective June 16, 1989, substituted "Licensure" for "certification" in the section heading, substituted "license" for "certificate" near the beginning of the section, deleted "and where the state or territory has like reciprocal privileges for the state of New Mexico" at the end of the section, and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.
Reciprocal licensing.
— If an applicant establishes under the board's uniform requirements for proving equivalence, that he or she has been duly licensed or certified as a psychologist by another state, and the other state has similar procedures for certifying a New Mexico psychologist, the state board of psychologist examiners may issue its certificate to that individual. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-136.
Section does not require mutual reciprocity agreement
between New Mexico and another state before New Mexico may issue a certificate to a psychologist duly licensed under the laws of that other state. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-136.
All that this section requires is that the other state also provide in a similar manner for certification of an individual psychologist previously licensed in New Mexico. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-136.