New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 6 / March 22, 2022
This is an amendment to 16.23.2 NMAC, Section 1, 3, 6, 7,
and 8 effective 04/21/2022.
16.23.2.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department
in consultation with the Advisory Board [P.O. Box 25101 Santa
Fe, New Mexico 87504.] of Respiratory Care Practitioners.
[16.23.2.1 NMAC - Rp, 16.23.2.1 NMAC, 7/15/2017; A, 04/21/2022]
16.23.2.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Part 2 of Chapter 23 is promulgated pursuant
to the Respiratory Care Act, [Section 61-12B-11 NMSA 1978] Section
61-12B-6 NMSA 1978.
[16.23.2.3 NMAC - Rp, 16.23.2.3 NMAC, 7/15/2017; A, 04/21/2022]
16.23.2.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of Part 2 of Chapter 23 is to
establish fees for licenses, temporary permits, and for renewal of
[temporary permits and licenses] licenses and temporary permits, and
other related administrative processes.
[16.23.2.6 NMAC - Rp, 16.23.2.6 NMAC, 7/15/2017; A, 04/21/2022]
16.23.2.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED] All definitions related to this section are in 16.23.1.7 NMAC.
[16.23.2.7 NMAC - Rp, 16.23.2.7 NMAC, 7/15/2017; A, 04/21/2022]
16.23.2.8 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES: In accordance with Subsection A of Section
61-12B-11 NMSA 1978, of the New Mexico Respiratory Care Act, [the
respiratory care advisory board establishes the following nonrefundable fees]
the board establishes the following nonrefundable fees.
A. fees:
(1) initial practitioner license fee one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00);
(2) initial temporary student extern permit fifty dollars ($50.00);
(3) initial graduate permit one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(4) practitioner reactivation from inactive status fifteen dollars ($15.00);
(5) practitioner reactivation from expired status two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00);
(6) credential upgrade from certified respiratory therapist (CRT) to registered respiratory therapist (RRT) twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
B. annual renewal fees:
(1) active respiratory care practitioner license one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00);
(2) inactive respiratory care practitioner license thirty dollars ($30.00);
(3) temporary student extern permit fifty dollars ($50.00).
C. miscellaneous fees listed below will be approved annually by the board and made available by the board office upon request:
(1) photocopying $0.25;
(2) written license verifications fifteen dollars ($15.00);
(3) list of licensees fifty dollars ($50.00);
(4) duplicate licenses/permit twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(5) upgrade from a CRT to an RRT twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(6) copies of statues, rule and regulations are free online at the board website.
[16.23.2.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.23.2.8 NMAC, 7/15/2017; A, 04/21/2022]