TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

CHAPTER 63 SOCIAL WORKERS

PART 7 PROVISIONAL LICENSE

16.63.7.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Regulation and Licensing Department, Board of Social Work Examiners, P.O. Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504

[9/8/96; 16.63.7.1 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.1, 06/19/02]

16.63.7.2 SCOPE: All baccalaureate social workers, master social workers, and independent social workers.

[9/8/96; 16.63.7.2 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.2, 06/19/02]

16.63.7.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: These parts are promulgated pursuant to the Social Work Practice Act, Section 61-31-8A, 14-2-1, 61-31-19 NMSA 1978.

[9/8/96; 16.63.7.3 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.3, 06/19/02]

16.63.7.4 DURATION: Permanent

[9/8/96; 16.63.7.4 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.4, 06/19/02]

16.63.7.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: January 5, 1995, unless a different date is cited at the end of a section.

[9/8/96; 16.63.7.5 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 63.7.5, 06/19/02]

16.63.7.6 OBJECTIVE: To state the minimum requirements for a provisional license, the duration of the license, and the process to reapply.

[9/8/96; 16.63.7.5 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.5, 06/19/02]

16.63.7.7 DEFINITIONS: [Reserved]

16.63.7.8 APPLICABILITY:

A. When an applicant has submitted all documentation required for the license sought and the application is complete except that the applicant has not completed the licensure exam or the required course in New Mexico cultures, the board may issue a provisional license to the applicant at the level sought.

B. The board will accept, in the absence of an official transcript, certification bearing official seal and attesting to completion of degree requirements from the registrar, mailed directly to the board from the conferring institution.

[1/1/90, 5/15/91, 6/22/92, 1/5/95, 5/1/99; 16.63.7.8 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.8, 06/19/02; A, 04/24/06; A, 11/30/06; A, 01/17/08]

16.63.7.9 DURATION: The provisional license shall be valid for twelve (12) months.

A. The provisional license shall become immediately invalid if the provisional licensee fails to submit an official transcript of certification.

B. During this twelve (12) month period the provisional licensee must provide documentation that the individual has passed the national examination and provide documentation that verifies the individual has completed the required course in New Mexico cultures.

C. Only one provisional license will be issued for each level of licensure except in extenuating circumstances as defined in 16.63.7.10 NMAC.

[1/1/90, 5/15/91, 6/22/92, 1/5/95, 5/1/99; 16.63.7.9 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 63.7.9, 06/19/02; A, 04/24/06; A, 11/30/06; A, 01/17/08]

16.63.7.10 EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES: A qualified provisional licensee may apply for an extension of a provisional license if the applicant:

A. fails to sit for the examination due to extenuating circumstances; these extenuating circumstances are defined as serious, physician-verified illness or death in immediate family, and military service; the extenuating circumstances must be presented for the board's administrator’s consideration on a case-by-case basis;

B. should the applicant be granted an extension, the applicant must sit for the examination at the next available time it is offered; the extended provisional license will be in effect only until the next available test date and not to exceed under any circumstances 4 months.

[1/1/90, 5/15/91, 6/22/92, 1/5/95; 5/1/99; 16.63.7.10 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.10, 06/19/02; A, 04/24/06]

16.63.7.11 FEE: The applicant shall pay a license fee as set forth in Part 8.

[1/1/90, 5/15/91, 6/22/92, 1/5/95; 16.63.7.11 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.11, 06/19/02]

HISTORY OF 16.63.7 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with the Commission of Public Records-State Records Center and Archives:

Rule 8, Provisional License, 12/1/89.

Rule 7, Provisional License, 4/15/91.

Rule 7, Provisional License, 12/5/94.

History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]