A. While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner registered with a registration system that complies with Section 5 [12-12A-5 NMSA 1978] of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the volunteer health practitioner's registration is based may practice in this state to the extent authorized by that act as if the volunteer health practitioner were licensed in this state.
B. A volunteer health practitioner qualified pursuant to Subsection A of this section is not entitled to the protections of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act if the volunteer health practitioner is licensed in more than one state and any license of the volunteer health practitioner is suspended, revoked or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
History: Laws 2008, ch. 47, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2008, ch. 47, § 14 made the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act effective July 1, 2008.