New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 63 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANCILLARY AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Part 16 - LICENSURE FOR SCHOOL LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES, GRADES PRE K-12
Section 6.63.16.8 - REQUIREMENTS

A. high school diploma or equivalency; and

B. minimum 18 years of age; and

C. current valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes hands-on skills demonstration;

D. provide verification of current valid certification in basic first aid; and

E. completion of a state approved or nationally accredited program of study for practical nursing; and

F. current valid practical nursing license issued by the New Mexico board of nursing or a multi-state license to practice practical nursing pursuant to the nurse licensure compact or any successor licensing board for;

G. minimum of one year of supervised clinical nursing experience, outside of a school setting; and

H. verification by the public school superintendent or private school official that a local orientation related to assigned duties, and facilitated by the PED licensed registered nurse, was satisfactorily completed; and

I. submit to and satisfactorily clear a fingerprint-based background check per local school board or regional education cooperatives policy pursuant to Section 22-10A-5, NMSA 1978.