2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 10 - Osteopathic Medicine
Section 61-10-6.1 - Fees. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)
Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the board shall charge the following fees; provided that all fees are nonrefundable and, except for those fees collected pursuant to Paragraph (10) of Subsection A of this section, shall be used by the board to carry out its duties:
A. pertaining to osteopathic physicians:
(1) an application fee not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for triennial licensure of an osteopathic physician pursuant to Section 61-10-12 NMSA 1978;
(2) a triennial osteopathic physician licensure renewal fee not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000);
(3) a fee not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for placing an osteopathic physician license on inactive status;
(4) a late fee not to exceed:
(a) two hundred dollars ($200) for osteopathic physicians who fail to renew their licenses on or before July 1 of the year in which their triennial licenses are due for renewal but who renew on or before September 29 of that year; and
(b) four hundred dollars ($400) for osteopathic physicians who renew their licenses after September 29;
(5) a reinstatement fee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for reinstatement of a revoked, suspended or inactive osteopathic physician license;
(6) a temporary license fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);
(7) a postgraduate osteopathic physician training license fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00);
(8) an osteopathic physician telemedicine triennial license fee not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400);
(9) an impaired physician fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and
(10) a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) to accompany fees for application for and renewal of osteopathic physician licensure for deposit in the osteopathic physician excellence fund pursuant to Section 21-22D-13 NMSA 1978;
B. pertaining to osteopathic physician assistants:
(1) a biennial license fee not to exceed four hundred fifty dollars ($450);
(2) a registration of new supervision fee that is equal to one-half of the biennial license fee for osteopathic physician assistants;
(3) a late fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for osteopathic physician assistants who fail to renew their licenses on or before July 1 of the year in which their biennial licenses are due for renewal;
(4) an impaired osteopathic physician assistant fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and
(5) a fee for an osteopathic physician assistant license on inactive status not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and
C. pertaining to osteopathic physician and osteopathic physician assistant licensees or applicants:
(1) a fee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for reprocessing an application or renewal that includes errors that would otherwise be subject to investigation and possible disciplinary action; and
(2) a reasonable administrative fee that the board establishes by rule for verification of license, publications and copying charges.
History: 1978 Comp., § 61-10-6.1, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 371, § 3; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2016, ch. 90, § 7; 2019, ch. 68, § 4; 2020, ch. 6, § 27.
ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 54, § 49 repealed 61-10-6.1 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 2016, ch. 90, § 7 repealed former 61-10-6.1 NMSA 1978, and enacted a new section, effective July 1, 2016.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, provided an exception to the licensure fee for qualified military service members, their spouses and dependent children, and for certain veterans, and made certain technical amendments; in the introductory clause, added "Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978"; and in Subsection A, Paragraph A(10), after "Section", deleted "3 of this 2019 act" and added "21-22D-13 NMSA 1978".
The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, mandated the assessment of certain fees by the board of osteopathic medicine, assessed a one hundred dollar ($100) fee to accompany fees for application for and renewal of osteopathic physician licensure for deposit in the osteopathic physician excellence fund, and exempted this fee from the requirement that fees collected by the board of osteopathic medicine shall be used by the board to carry out its duties; in the introductory clause, after "The board", deleted "may" and added "shall", and added "except for those fees collected pursuant to Paragraph (10) of Subsection A of this section"; and added Paragraph A(10).
