2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 17A - Barbers and Cosmetologists
Section 61-17A-20 - Duration, restoration and renewal of licenses. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.)

A. The original issuance and renewal of licenses to practice as a barber, hairstylist, cosmetologist, instructor, esthetician, manicurist-pedicurist or electrologist shall be for a period of two years or less from the date of issuance. If the licensee fails to renew the license for the next two-year period, the license is void; provided the license may be restored at any time during the year following expiration upon the payment of the appropriate fee and a late charge not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) as set forth by board rules. If the licensee fails to restore the license within one year following its expiration, the licensee may request restoration of the license pursuant to rules promulgated by the board.

B. The original issuance and annual renewal of licenses to operate an establishment or school shall be for a period of twelve months or less following the issuance of the license. If the licensee fails to renew the license within thirty days after its expiration, the license is void, and, to again obtain a license, an application, required documentation, payment of the renewal fee and a late fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) as established by board rules is required.

C. The board may establish a staggered system of license expiration.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 171, § 20; 1997, ch. 218, § 14; 2007, ch. 181, § 17; 2017, ch. 112, § 8; 2019, ch. 243, § 2.

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-17A-25 NMSA 1978.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, increased the duration of a license issued to a barber, hairstylist, cosmetologist, instructor, esthetician, manicurist-pedicurist or electrologists from one to two years; and in Subsection A, after "for a period of", deleted "one year" and added "two years", and after "for the next", deleted "year" and added "two-year period".

The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, provided that the original issuance and renewal of licenses to practice as a hairstylist shall be for a period of one year or less from the date of issuance; in Subsection A, after "barber,", added "hairstylist".

The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, appropriates $300,000 from the barbers and cosmetology fund to the board of barbers and cosmetologists for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for administration of the Body Art Safe Practices Act.

The 1997 amendment rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable. Laws 1997, ch. 218 contains no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, is effective June 20, 1997, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature. See Volume 14 NMSA 1978 for "Adjournment Dates of Sessions of Legislature" table.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 11 Am. Jur. 2d Barbers and Cosmetologists § 12.