TITLE 16               OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

CHAPTER 63       SOCIAL WORKERS

PART 17               TEMPORARY LICENSE

 

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

[16.63.17.1 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

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

[16.63.17.2 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

16.63.17.3             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.

[16.63.17.3 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

16.63.17.4             DURATION:  Permanent

[16.63.17.4 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

16.63.17.5             EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 30, 2006, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

[16.63.17.5 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

16.63.17.6             OBJECTIVE:  To state the minimum requirements for a temporary license, the duration of the license.

[16.63.17.6 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

16.63.17.7             DEFINITIONS:  [Reserved]

 

16.63.17.8             APPLICABILITY:  A temporary license may be issued only when an applicant has submitted an application for licensure, provide documentation of passing the national licensing exam for the level of licensure sought and has not fulfilled or is unable to adequately documented the completion of one or more of the requirements for licensure specified in 16.63.6, 16.63.10 and 16.63.11 NMAC.  The applicant must fulfill the requirements within six months or less.

[16.63.17.8 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

16.63.17.9             DURATION:  Six months or fulfillment of the requirements which ever comes first.  Only one temporary license will be issued for each level of licensure sought by the applicant, except in extenuation circumstances as defined in 16.63.17.10 NMAC.

[16.63.17.9 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

16.63.17.10          EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES:  A qualified temporary licensed applicant may apply for an extension of a temporary license or the issuance of an additional temporary license if they were unable to fulfill the requirement due to extenuating circumstances; these extenuating circumstances are defined as; serious physician-verified illness; 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.

[16.63.17.10 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

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

[16.63.17.11 NMAC - N, 11/30/06]

 

HISTORY OF 16.63.17 NMAC:  [Reserved]