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]