2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 12A - Occupational Therapy
Section 61-12A-6 - License required. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. Unless licensed to practice the level of occupational therapy provided in the Occupational Therapy Act, a person shall not practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.

B. It is unlawful for a person not licensed pursuant to the Occupational Therapy Act or whose license has been denied, suspended or revoked in this or another state to hold himself out as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant or to use words or titles containing "occupational therapist" or "occupational therapy assistant" that would indicate or imply that the person is licensed as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.

C. A facility or employer shall not represent that it offers occupational therapy unless it uses the services of a licensee pursuant to the provisions of the Occupational Therapy Act.

D. A person offering or assisting in the offering of occupational therapy shall be properly identified by a name badge or other identification indicating whether the person is an occupational therapist, an occupational therapy assistant, an occupational therapy aide or technician or a person practicing under a provisional permit.

History: 1978 Comp., § 61-12A-6, enacted by Laws 1996, ch. 55, § 6; 2005, ch. 199, § 6.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1996, ch. 55, § 27 repealed 61-12A-6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 267, § 6, relating to powers and duties of the board, and § 6 of that act enacted a new section, effective July 1, 1996.

Delayed repeals. — For the delayed repeal of this section, see 61-12A-24 NMSA 1978.

The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, deleted "certified" and "registered" as qualifications to the terms "occupational therapy assistant" and "occupational therapist" respectively.