2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses › Article 12C - Massage Therapy Practice › Section 61-12C-16 - Expedited licensure by credentials. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. The board shall license an out-of-state applicant in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 if the applicant possesses a valid, unrestricted license or registration to practice massage therapy in another licensing jurisdiction and pays required fees. As soon as practicable but no later than thirty days after a person files an application for an expedited license, the board shall process the application and issue the expedited license in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978.
B. 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.
C. The board shall determine each year the states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia from which it will not accept applicants for expedited licensure and determine foreign countries from which it will accept applicants 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.
History:
Laws 1991, ch. 147, § 16; 1993, ch. 173, § 14; 1999, ch. 240, § 13; 2022, ch. 39, § 51.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals.
— For delayed repeal of this section,
see
61-12C-28 NMSA 1978.
The 2022 amendment,
effective May 18, 2022, revised provisions related to expedited licensure by credentials, provided that the massage therapy board shall issue an expedited license to an applicant who holds a valid, unrestricted license to practice massage therapy in another licensing jurisdiction and pays required fees, 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 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 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"; deleted "After successful completion of jurisprudence examination"; in Subsection A, after "The board", changed "may" to "shall", after "license an", added "out-of-state", after "applicant", deleted "provided that he" and added "in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 if the applicant", and after "possesses a valid", added "unrestricted", and deleted "issued by the appropriate examining board under the laws of any other state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or any foreign nation and has met educational and examination requirements equal to or exceeding those established pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act", 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 1999 amendment,
effective July 1, 1999, substituted "has met educational and examination requirements equal to" for "has met educational requirements substantially equivalent to".
The 1993 amendment,
effective June 18, 1993, added "After successful completion of a jurisprudence examination" at the beginning of the section; deleted "without examination" following "applicant"; inserted "or registration"; and substituted "and has met educational requirements" for "that, in the judgment of the board, has requirements".