New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 5 - DENTISTRY (DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, ETC.)
Part 2 - IMPAIRED PRACTITIONER PROGRAM
Section 16.5.2.14 - REINSTATEMENT OF LICENSE

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.5.2.14

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

A licensee whose license has been restricted, suspended or revoked under the Impaired Dentists of Dental Hygienists Act, voluntarily or by action of the board, shall have a right at reasonable intervals to petition for reinstatement of the license and to demonstrate that the licensee can resume the competent practice of dentistry or dental hygiene with reasonable skill and safety to patients.

A. The licensee shall make the petition in writing. If the licensee is a dental hygienist, the dental hygienists committee shall be advised and given all information so that its recommendation can be given to the board.

B. Once the board receives a licensee's petition for reinstatement, it shall be referred to the examination committee for an examination of the licensee.

C. The board, in its discretion, upon written recommendation of the examination committee, may restore the license of the licensee on a general or limited basis.

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