The board shall issue to each licensed physician, upon application in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Practice Act and upon payment of the appropriate fees and upon documentation of continuing education requirements, a certificate of triennial renewal, under the seal of the board, for the ensuing three years. The certificate of renewal shall contain the licensed physician's name, business address, license date and number and other information as the board deems advisable. The certificate of triennial renewal shall, at all times, be displayed conspicuously in the principal office or practice location of the licensed physician to whom it has been issued.
History: 1941 Comp., § 51-2802, enacted by Laws 1945, ch. 74, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 67-5-18; Laws 1969, ch. 46, § 12; 1978 Comp., § 61-6-23, recompiled as § 61-6-27 by Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 23; 2003, ch. 19, § 23.
ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 32 repealed former 61-6-27 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1961, ch. 11, § 3, relating to disposal of registration fees, effective July 1, 1989. For present comparable provisions, see 61-6-19 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "licensed physician, upon" for "duly licensed practitioner, upon his" preceding "application in accordance", substituted "licensed physician's name, business address, license date and number and" for "practitioner's name, his business address, the date and number of his license to practice and such" preceding "other information as", and substituted "licensed physician" for "practitioner" near the end.
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, renumbered this section, which formerly was 61-6-27 NMSA 1978; substituted "renewal certificate" for "registration certificate" in the catchline; divided the former first sentence into the present first two sentences; in the first sentence, substituted "in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Practice Act and upon payment of the appropriate fees and upon documentation of continuing education requirements" for "in accordance with the provisions of Sections 67-5-1 through 67-5-23 NMSA 1953", "certificate of triennial renewal" for "certificate of annual registration", and "for the ensuing three years" for "for the ensuing year and ending December 31st of that year"; in the second sentence, substituted "certificate of renewal" for "certificate of registration"; in the last sentence, substituted "certificate of triennial renewal" for "certificate of annual registration" and "the principal office of practice location" for "the office"; and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.