New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 68 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - DENIAL, SUSPENSION, AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE
Part 2 - DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL
Section 6.68.2.8 - APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSURE-COMPLETION OF FILE AND REAPPLICATION

A. The professional licensure bureau, PLB of the PED shall prescribe the form(s) for applications for initial and continuing licensure of school personnel in New Mexico.

B. All applicants for initial or continuing licensure shall meet the requirements of PED rules governing the type(s) and level(s) of license(s) sought that are in effect on the date an application on the prescribed form is received by the PLB regardless of the expiration date on any existing license they may hold.

C. Individuals requesting continuing licensure must submit a request in writing on the current form prescribed by the PLB by the June 30 expiration date of such license(s). However, a licensed individual shall have a one-year grace period from the date of expiration to apply for continuing licensure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an individual whose license has expired on June 30 and is employed for the coming school year must have submitted a properly made application within 90 days of commencing their school employment duties for that year in accordance with Subsection C of Section 22-10A-3 NMSA 1978. Moreover, in no event shall the application for continuing licensure be submitted sooner than January 1 of the expiration year.

D. An application for initial or continuing licensure shall be valid for one year from receipt, during which time the applicant must ensure that the PLB has a properly made application with all the information necessary to determine their qualifications for the license(s) and level(s) sought therein. When the PLB reviews an application and determines that it is improperly made, it shall notify the applicant regarding what is required for the application to be properly made. If an application remains improperly made for one year from the date of receipt, the application shall expire without any further action required by the PED.

E. Once an application for initial or continuing licensure expires, the applicant seeking licensure shall be required to file a new application for licensure for the license(s) and level(s) sought and to pay the initial application fee. Such individual must qualify under existing PED rules as of the date of the new application. However, this subsection does not affect individuals filing for continuing licensure during the one-year grace period granted in Subsection C of 6.68.2.8 NMAC.