TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 27 COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS
PART 14 TEMPORARY LICENSE
16.27.14.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Regulation and
Licensing Department Counseling and Therapy Practice Board
[16.27.14.1 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.15.1, 6/15/2001]
16.27.14.2 SCOPE: All
individuals approved for examinations for licensure as professional clinical
mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, professional art
therapists, professional mental health counselors, licensed mental health
counselors, licensed associate marriage and family therapist and alcohol and
drug abuse counselors.
[16.27.14.2 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.15.2, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A, 2/10/2006]
16.27.14.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: These parts
are promulgated pursuant to the Counselor and Therapist Practice Act, Sections
61-9A-1, 61-9A-3, 61-9A-9, and 61-9A-16 through 61-9A-30 NMSA 1978.
[16.27.14.3 NMAC – Rp, 16
NMAC 27.15.3, 6/15/2001; A, 11/30/2021]
16.27.14.4 DURATION: Permanent
[16.27.14.4 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.15.4, 6/15/2001]
16.27.14.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2001
unless a different date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.27.14.4 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.15.5, 6/15/2001]
16.27.14.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective
of Part 14 is to outline who is eligible for a temporary license.
[16.27.14.1 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.15.6, 6/15/2001]
16.27.14.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
16.27.14.8 TEMPORARY LICENSES: Temporary mental health
counselor licenses (LMHC) and associate marriage and family therapist licenses
(LAMFT) shall be granted as follows:
A. Will be granted to individuals
meeting all educational requirements for the license sought. The temporary license is intended to permit
the licensee time to meet examination requirements for the license. The
temporary license shall not be valid for more than 60 days after the results of
the next examination become available and cannot be renewed. (The temporary
license must be returned to the board office).
Individuals practicing under a temporary license shall not provide
supervision.
B. A temporary license will be granted
for a period not to exceed six months or for a period of time necessary for the
board to ensure that the applicant has met licensure requirements as set out in
that act.
C. Effective July 1, 2006, the board
will grant a temporary the applicant has met the educational requirements for
licensure in the given field being sought.
If the applicant fails the required exam, the board shall schedule the
applicant to re-take the examination and shall re-issue a second temporary
license. If the applicant fails the
second exam, the board may re-issue a third temporary license. The board shall not issue more than three
temporary licenses. Should the applicant
fail the required examination three times, the board shall not issue another
temporary license for that application for licensing. Upon passing the
requisite examination, the applicant holding the temporary LMHC or LAMFT shall
be issued the LMHC or LAMFT license so that the applicant may continue to
practice under supervision and acquire the requisite clinical hours and
supervision for the independent license (LPCC, LMFT, LPAT, or LADAC).
D. The time and hours acquired under a
temporary license shall not expire or become null and void upon a gap in
licensure as long as the hours were obtained within the five years preceding
the issuance of the LMHC or LAMFT license.
E. Upon the expiration of a temporary
license, the individual must refrain from practicing until another temporary
license or the full license is issued to them.
[16.27.14.8 NMAC – Rp, 16
NMAC 27.15.8, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A, 2/10/2006; A, 1/15/2007; A, 11/30/2021]
HISTORY OF 16.27.14 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material
in this part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records
Center and Archives under:
Rule 15, Temporary license, 3/20/1995
HISTORY OF REPEALED
MATERIAL:
16 NMAC 27.15, Temporary
License- Repealed 6/15/2001