New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 17 - OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 2 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE, QUALIFICATIONS AND FEES
Section 16.17.2.13 - TEMPORARY LICENSE AND INTIAL LICENSURE

The board will approve licenses during regular meetings only. In the interim between regular meetings, the board may issue a temporary license to applicants who have complied with all application requirements. The applicant may be scheduled for a personal interview before the board, a board member designated by the board, or an agent of the board and must present original documents as requested by the board. Temporary licenses shall only be valid until the next regular board meeting at which time the license will be ratified by the board Initial licenses shall be valid for no more than 35 months and be renewed, on or before July 1 of the third year after first-time licensure