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,
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16.63.17.2 SCOPE:
All baccalaureate social workers, master social workers, and independent
social workers.
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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.
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16.63.17.4 DURATION:
Permanent
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16.63.17.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
November 30, 2006, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
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16.63.17.6 OBJECTIVE: To
state the minimum requirements for a temporary license, the duration of the
license.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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16.63.17.11 FEE: The applicant shall pay a license fee as set forth in Part 8.
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HISTORY OF 16.63.17
NMAC: [Reserved]