New Mexico Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 20 / October 22, 2024

 

 

TITLE 16             OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

CHAPTER 2       ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS

PART 10              FEES

 

16.2.10.1               ISSUING AGENCY:  New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

[16.2.10.1 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.1 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.2               SCOPE:  All licensees, applicants, applicants for expanded practice certification, educational courses, temporary licensees, applicants for temporary licensure, limited temporary license holders, limited temporary license applicants, extern applicants, externship supervisor applicants, certified auricular detoxification specialists, certified auricular detoxification specialist applicants, auricular detoxification specialist training programs, auricular detoxification specialist training program applicants, educational programs and applicants for approval of educational programs.

[16.2.10.2 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.2 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.3               STATUTORY AUTHORITY:  This part is promulgated pursuant to the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act, Sections 61-14A-8, 8.1, 9, 14.1 and 16, NMSA 1978.

[16.2.10.3 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.3 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.4               DURATION :  Permanent.

[16.2.10.4 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.4 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.5               EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 22, 2024 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

[16.2.10.5 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.5 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.6               OBJECTIVE:  This part clarifies the requirements for the deposit and use of revenues derived from fees, establishes that the board shall not make refunds and lists all fees charged by the board.

[16.2.10.6 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.6 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.7               DEFINITIONS:  Refer to definitions in 16.2.1.7 NMAC.

[16.2.10.7 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.7 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.8               DEPOSIT AND USE OF FEES:  All fees and other funds collected under the act shall be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the board of acupuncture and oriental medicine fund.  The board shall appropriate money from the fund to pay for the costs of administration of the act.  Any surplus funds remaining at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

[16.2.10.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.8 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

16.2.10.9               FEES CHARGED:

                A.            All fees shall be paid by check, certified check or money order in US funds unless otherwise specified by rule.

                B.            No fees paid to the board shall be refunded.

                C.            The board shall charge the following fees:

                                (1)           application for licensure: $525.00;

                                (2)           application for expedited licensure: $750.00;

                                (3)           application for licensure by endorsement: $525.00;

                                (4)           application for temporary licensure: $330.00;

                                (5)           application for limited temporary license: $100.00;

                                (6)           clinical skills examination, not including the cost of any nationally recognized examinations:  $500.00;

                                (7)           annual license renewal: $225.00;

                                (8)           late license renewal: an additional $200.00;

                                (9)           expired license renewal: an additional $350.00 plus the renewal and late fees;

                                (10)         temporary license renewal: $100.00;

                                (11)         application for a new annual approval or renewal of approval of an educational program, including the same program offered at multiple campuses: $450.00;

                                (12)         late renewal of approval of an educational program: an additional $200.00;

                                (13)         application for single instance approval of an educational program: $225.00;

                                (14)         application for initial expanded practice certification: $100.00 per module;

                                (15)         application for triennial expanded practice license renewal: an additional $200;

                                (16)         late expanded practice license renewal: an additional $125.00 plus the renewal fee;

                                (17)         expired expanded practice license renewal: an additional $100.00 plus the renewal and late fees;

                                (18)         application for externship supervisor registration: $225.00;

                                (19)         application for extern certification: $225.00;

                                (20)         continuing education provider course approval application: $50.00;

                                (21)         auricular detoxification specialist certification application: $50.00;

                                (22)         auricular detoxification specialist certification renewal: $30.00;

                                (23)         auricular detoxification specialist certification late renewal: $20.00;

                                (24)         auricular detoxification specialist supervisor registration application: $50.00;

                                (25)         auricular detoxification specialist training program approval application: $100.00;

                                (26)         auricular detoxification specialist training program approval renewal: $50.00;

                                (27)         treatment program approval application: $100.00;

                                (28)         administrative fee for application for approval of an expanded practice educational course: $600.00;

                                (29)         administrative fee for faculty changes in an expanded practice course: $50.00;

                                (30)         administrative fee for curriculum changes in an expanded practice course: $150.00;

                                (31)         renewal of expanded prescriptive authority course: $200.00;

                                (32)         administrative fee for inactive license application: $125.00;

                                (33)         administrative fee for inactive license renewal: $100.00;

                                (34)         administrative fee for inactive license reinstatement application: $125.00;

                                (35)         administrative fee for each duplicate license: $30.00;

                                (36)         administrative fee for a single transcript or diploma from the former international institute of Chinese medicine, per copy: $50.00;

                                (37)         administrative fees to cover the cost of photocopying, electronic data, lists and labels produced at the board office.

[16.2.10.9 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.10.9 NMAC 10/22/2024]

 

History of 16.2.10 NMAC:

 

Pre-NMAC History:

Material in this part was derived from that previously filed with the commission of public records- state records center and archives as:

AB 81-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, filed 10/5/1981;

AB 82-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, filed 6/16/1982;

AB 84-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes; filed 3/13/1984;

BCD 87-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes; filed 10/30/1987;

ACU 88-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes; filed 3/13/1989;

ACU Rule 91-4, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes; Fees; filed 2/18/1991;

Rule 4, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes, Fees, filed 8/28/1992;

Rule 4, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes, Fees, filed 2/24/1993.

 

History of Repealed Material:  16.2.10 NMAC, Fee (filed 9/22/2000) Repealed effective 10/22/2024.

 

Other History:

Rule 4, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes, Fees (filed 2/24/1993) was renumbered and reformatted to 16 NMAC 2.10, Fees, effective 7/1/1996.

16 NMAC 2.10, Fees, (filed 6/14/1996) was renumbered, reformatted, amended and replaced by 16.2.10 NMAC, Fees, effective 10/22/2000.

16.2.10 NMAC, Fee (filed 9/22/2000) Replaced by 16.2.10 NMAC, Fees effective 10/22/2024.