New Mexico Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 8 / April 23, 2024

This is an amendment to 16.66.4 NMAC Section 8 and 11 effective 4/23/2024

16.66.4.8 LICENSE RENEWAL:

A. [A] An initial home inspector license shall be valid [during the dates specified in the license itself and as provided in these rules] for three years. Once renewed, all licenses shall be for a duration of three years.

B. Renewal Date: A licensee may apply for renewal of the licensee’s license no later than the date specified as the expiration date on the applicant’s license.

C. A licensee seeking the renewal of the license shall provide to the board in accordance with the deadlines specified in this rule:

(1) A completed renewal application;

(2) Payment of the non-refundable renewal fee in full as provided in Part 2;

(3) Proof of completion of required continuing education as provided in Part 5;

[(4) Provision to the board of all information necessary for the board to complete a state and national criminal background check; and

(5)] (4) Satisfactory evidence that the licensee has errors and omissions insurance coverage and professional liability insurance coverage meeting the minimum terms and conditions required by [16.66.8] 16.66.9 NMAC.

D. The board office will send, either through electronic means or through postal mail, a renewal notice to each licensee no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the license at the licensee’s address on record. Timely renewal of a license is the full and complete responsibility of the licensee. If the licensee does not receive a renewal notification from the board, it is the responsibility of the licensee to contact the board office.

E. The licensee’s failure to receive the board’s renewal notification will not exempt the licensee from licensure expiration or late penalty fees.

F. Each licensee is responsible for submitting the required renewal fee by the expiration date irrespective of whether a renewal notice is received by the licensee, and licensees shall not practice on expired licenses under any circumstances.

[16.66.4.8 NMAC – N, 1/15/2021; A, 04/23/2024]

16.66.4.11 REACTIVATION OF EXPIRED OR INACTIVE LICENSES: Former licensees may reactivate an expired or inactive license within the deadlines provided in these rules. A former licensee seeking the reactivation of an expired or inactive license shall provide to the board in accordance with the deadlines specified in these rules:

A. A completed renewal application;

B. Payment of the non-refundable renewal fee in full as provided in Part 2;

C. Payment of the expired license reactivation fee in full as provided in Part 2;

D. Proof of completion of all required continuing education;

[E. Provision to the board of all information necessary for the board to complete a state and national criminal background check.]

E. Satisfactory evidence that the licensee has errors and omissions insurance coverage and professional liability insurance coverage meeting the minimum terms and conditions required by 16.66.9 NMAC.

[16.66.4.11 NMAC – N, 1/15/2021; A, 04/23/2024]