New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 1 / January 14, 2025
This is an amendment to 16.25.8 NMAC, Section 9 effective 01/14/2025
16.25.8.9 INSTRUCTION, EXAMINATIONS,
AND LICENSING:
A. To
obtain a bovine AI and bovine PD permit, an applicant must:
(1) Complete bovine AI and bovine PD instruction given
by the bovine AI and PD examiner or through another institution approved by the
board. To request board approval for a
particular bovine AI and PD course of instruction, an applicant must provide to
the board a course outline or description, including number of instructional
contact hours and sponsoring group or organization. At its next meeting, the board will make its
determination whether the instruction or course is adequate and if approval
will be granted.
(2) Pass bovine AI and PD written and proficiency examinations
prepared and administered by the board or its appointed agent(s). The purpose of the examination(s) is to
determine the knowledge and proficiency of each applicant.
(3) Be recommended by the board appointed examiner as
qualified for the bovine AI and PD permit(s).
B. Upon
the examiner's recommendation, the board may issue a bovine AI and bovine PD
permit.
C. Each
bovine AI and PD permit applicant has one year in which to apply to the board
for a permit after passing the proficiency examination(s). If the applicant does not apply for a permit
within one year, applicant must retake the appropriate examination(s).
D. Fees:
(1) Fees for instruction are paid directly to the instructor
or institution that provides the instruction.
(2) Fees for the proficiency examinations are paid directly to
the board appointed examiner.
(3) Fees for initial bovine AI and PD permits and annual
renewals are paid to the board. A
current list of fees relating to bovine artificial insemination and bovine
pregnancy diagnosis permits is also posted at the board’s web site:
www.bvm.nm.gov
(a) Initial permit: each permit, bovine
AI or bovine PD – [$75] $95.
(b) Annual permit renewal: each permit,
bovine AI or bovine PD – [$75] $95.
(c) Late-renewal penalty fees:
(i) postal
postmarked after December 31 but no later than January 31 – [$50] $65;
or
(ii) postal postmarked after January 31 – [$75]
$95.
[16.25.8.9 NMAC - A,
16.25.8.9 NMAC; A, 07/01/2018, A, 1/14/2025]