2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 9A - Counseling and Therapy
Section 61-9A-24 - License and registration fees. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

Applicants for licensure or registration shall pay fees set by the board in an amount not to exceed:

A. for application for initial licensure, seventy-five dollars ($75.00), which is not refundable;

B. for licensure or renewal as a professional mental health counselor or registered independent mental health counselor, three hundred dollars ($300);

C. for licensure or renewal as a clinical professional mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist or professional art therapist, four hundred twenty dollars ($420);

D. for registration or renewal as a registered mental health counselor, licensed mental health counselor, licensed associate marriage and family therapist or registered independent mental health counselor, two hundred forty dollars ($240);

E. for all examinations, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) or, if a national examination is used, an amount that shall not exceed the national examination costs by more than twenty-five percent;

F. for a duplicate or replacement license or registration, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

G. for failure to renew a license or registration within the allotted grace period, a late penalty fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

H. reasonable administrative fees; and

I. for licensure, registration or renewal as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor, an alcohol abuse counselor, a drug abuse counselor or a substance abuse associate, two hundred dollars ($200).

History: Laws 1993, ch. 49, § 24; 1996, ch. 61, § 11; 1999, ch. 161, § 18; 2003, ch. 422, § 21; 2005, ch. 210, § 19.

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-9A-30 NMSA 1978.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added licensed associate marriage and family therapist in Subsection D and changed "intern" to "associate" in Subsection I.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, in Subsection B, inserted "or registered independent mental health counselor" and in Subsection D, inserted "licensed mental health counselor".

The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, inserted "professional" preceding "mental" in Subsection C.

The 1996 amendment, effective July 1, 1996, substituted "registration" for "certification" in the introductory paragraph and in Subsections A and D, inserted "professional" preceding "art therapist" in Subsection C, inserted "or registered independent mental health counselor" in Subsection D, substituted "registration" for "certificate" in Subsections F and G, and added Subsection I and made related stylistic changes.