New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 21 - GENETIC COUNSELORS: LICENSURE AND PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
Section 16.10.21.13 - LICENSE EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.10.21.13

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Genetic counselor licenses shall be renewed biennially on March 1st. An initial license may be issued for a period of up to two (2) years, depending on when in the renewal cycle the initial license is issued, in order to schedule the license to renew on March 1st.

B. Failure to receive the renewal notice shall not relieve the licensee from the responsibility of renewing the license by the renewal date. The board assumes no responsibility for renewal applications not received by the licensee for any reason. It is the licensee's responsibility to inform the board of accurate address information and to make a timely request for the renewal application if one has not been received prior to March 1st.

C. Renewal applications postmarked or hand-delivered on or prior to March 1 shall require the following documentation:

(1) completion of a renewal application either electronically on-line or on the form provided by the board; the renewal form shall include the following data:
(a) demographic information of the licensee;

(b) license number;

(c) questions regarding practice information since the last renewal; and

(d) signature of the licensee;

(2) receipt of the renewal fee as established in 16.10.9 NMAC; and

(3) proof of forty (40) NSGC or ABGC approved continuing education contact hours during each biennial renewal cycle.

D. Renewal applications postmarked or hand-delivered after March 1 and prior to May 1 shall require the following documentation:

(1) completion of a renewal application either electronically on-line or on the form provided by the board, including the data as described in Subparagraphs (a)-(d) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection C of 16.10.21.12 NMAC;

(2) receipt of the renewal fee as established in 16.10.9 NMAC;

(3) receipt of the late fee as established in 16.10.9 NMAC; and

(4) proof of forty (40) NSGC or ABGC approved continuing education contact hours during each biennial renewal cycle.

E. March 1 through April 30 is considered the grace period following the renewal date during which a licensee may continue to provide services and renew with a late fee.

F. When renewal applications are received on or after May 1, the license shall have expired, and the licensee shall not be eligible to provide genetic counseling services in New Mexico.

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