New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 16 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 11 - LICENSE EXPIRATION DUE TO NON-RENEWAL; REACTIVATION
Section 16.16.11.13 - APPLICATION FOR REACTIVATION OF LICENSE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The licensee whose license is expired due to non-renewal, and who wishes to reactivate the license to active and current status, must apply for, and receive, approval by the board for reactivation of the license. The application for reactivation must be made on a reactivation form received from the board office, and must be accompanied by the following items:
A. proof of completion of a minimum of 22 hours of board-approved continuing education (see 16.16.13 NMAC) taken for each year the license was expired due to non-renewal, 22 of which must have been taken in the immediate preceding year;
B. verification directly from at least one of the applicant's other licensing jurisdiction(s) certifying that the licensee has been in active practice there during the time the license was in expired status due to non-renewal in New Mexico, unless the New Mexico license has only been in expired status for less than a year, in which case verification of licensure from another licensing jurisdiction is not necessary;
C. verification directly from the applicant's other licensing jurisdiction(s), as to the status of the license with respect to disciplinary actions if the New Mexico license is in expired status for more than a year, and provided that the licensee is licensed in other jurisdiction(s);
D. a reactivation fee in an amount totaling the renewal fees for each year the license was in expired status due to non-renewal; and
E. a one-time penalty fee in an amount totaling the penalty fees in 16.16.2.14 NMAC.
