New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 16 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 12 - RETIREMENT AND REINSTATEMENT OF OPTOMETRY LICENSE
Section 16.16.12.11 - REINSTATEMENT PROCESS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Upon receipt of the written request required in 16.16.12.10 NMAC, the board shall mail the applicant a reinstatement form stipulating the fees and the number of board-approved continuing education hours required for reactivation of his or her license.
A. The reactivation fee shall be the total of the renewal fees for each year the license was in retired status.
B. Continuing education shall be at the current requirement of board approved continuing education taken for each year during the retirement period, and the provisions set forth in Subsection A of 16.16.13.8 NMAC related to optometrists holding certification in ocular therapeutics will apply for each year in retired status.
C. Twenty-two (22) of those hours shall be taken during the year immediately preceding reactivation of the license. At least ten (10) of the twenty-two (22) hours must be in a board approved program in ocular therapeutic pharmacology.