A. Any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Nursing Practice Act who intends to continue practice shall renew the license every two years by the end of the applicant's renewal month and shall show proof of continuing education as required by the board except when on active military duty during a military action.
B. Upon receipt of the application and, except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, a fee, in an amount not to exceed one hundred ten dollars ($110), a license valid for two years shall be issued.
C. Upon receipt of the application and any required fee, the board shall verify the licensee's eligibility for continued licensure and issue to the applicant a renewal license for two years.
D. A person who allows a license to lapse shall be reinstated by the board on payment of any required fee for the current two years plus a reinstatement fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200), provided that all other requirements are met.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-2-20, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 44, § 20; 1977, ch. 220, § 15; 1979, ch. 379, § 9; 1982, ch. 108, § 5; 1985, ch. 67, § 5; 1991, ch. 190, § 17; 1997, ch. 244, § 17; 2001, ch. 137, § 10; 2003, ch. 276, § 9; 2005, ch. 307, § 7; 2020, ch. 6, § 10.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, provided an exception to the licensure fee for qualified military service members, their spouses and dependent children, and for certain veterans, and made certain technical amendments; and in Subsection B, after "application and," added "except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, a".
The 2005 amendment, effective April 7, 2005, in Subsection A, provided that a person shall show proof of continuing education as required by the board; deleted former Subsection B, which provided that before the renewal month, the board shall mail an application which shall be returned before the end of the renewal month together with proof of education and the renewal fee; in Subsection B, provided that upon receipt of the application and fee which shall not exceed $100, a license valid for two years shall be issued; and deleted the former provision in Subsection C that renewal shall render the holder a legal practitioner of nursing for the period of the renewal license.
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, deleted former Subsection D which read: "Applicants for renewal who have not been actually engaged in nursing for two years or more shall furnish the board evidence of having completed refresher courses of continuing education as required by regulations adopted by the board" and redesignated former Subsection E as present Subsection D.
The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "renewal month" for "birth month" throughout the section; and substituted "two years" for "five years" in Subsection D.
The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, in Subsection A, substituted "pursuant to" for "under" following "licensed" and "every two years" for "biennially"; in Subsection C, substituted "licensee's eligibility for continued licensure" for "accuracy of the application", and "a renewal license" for "a certificate of renewal" in the first sentence and "license" for "certificate" at the end of the last sentence; and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.
The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, added "except when on active military duty during a military action" at the end of Subsection A; substituted "one hundred dollars ($100)" for "thirty dollars ($30.00)" at the end of Subsection B; and, in Subsection E, substituted "two hundred dollars ($200)" for "sixty dollars ($60.00)" and made a minor stylistic change.