New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 7 - LICENSE EXPIRATION, RENEWAL AND REINSTATEMENT
Section 16.10.7.13 - CHANGE IN STATUS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Physicians who do not want to maintain an active license to practice medicine in New Mexico may choose to place their license on inactive, retired or voluntary lapsed status at the time of renewal.
A. Inactive status. A license may be placed on inactive status by the payment of the processing fee indicated in 16.10.9.8 NMAC before October 1 of the renewal year. A license in inactive status is not valid for practice in New Mexico but may be reinstated in accordance with the provisions of 16.10.7.16 NMAC and 16.10.7.17 NMAC.
B. Retired status. Upon request, a license may be placed on retired status. A retired licensee cannot practice medicine with a retired license, and such license may not subsequently be reinstated. A physician with a retired license who chooses to reinstate the license must re-apply as a new applicant.
C. Voluntarily lapsed status. A physician may inform the board that he does not wish to renew an active license to practice medicine in New Mexico and will voluntarily allow the license to lapse. There is no charge for this change in status. A voluntarily lapsed license is not valid for practice in New Mexico. A physician with a voluntarily lapsed license may only be reinstated in accordance with the provisions of 16.10.7.16 NMAC and 16.10.7.17 NMAC.
