Currently licensed practitioners who are not currently
practicing in New Mexico under the terms and provisions authorized by the
Respiratory Care Act, or who are working for the federal government, may place
their licenses on inactive status at the time of renewal rather than let their
licenses expire.
A practitioner's license will be placed on inactive status by
the department after the licensee has provided the following:
A. A practitioner's license will be placed on
inactive status by the department after the licensee has provided the
following:
(1) a completed renewal
application signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury, on which the
"inactive status requested" box has been checked;
(2) documentation verifying that the
continuing education requirements were met as set forth
16.23.12 NMAC;
and
(3) the applicable fee for
inactive status set forth in
16.23.2.8 NMAC.
B. the practitioner must submit
the completed renewal application marked for inactive status on or before
September 30 in order to be processed for inactive status.
C. Upon approval of the inactive status
application request, the department will send the licensee notice that the
license has been placed on inactive status.
D. Until the inactive status license has been
reactivated, the respiratory care practitioner may not practice respiratory
care in New Mexico unless employed by the federal government.
E. Inactive status reactivation: The
individual who has placed his or her license on inactive status may reactivate
the license before September 30 of the next odd-numbered year by completing the
following procedure.
(1) complete, sign, and
submit the reactivation application; and
(2) payment of any applicable fee for
reactivation from inactive status set forth in
16.23.2.8 NMAC.
F. Upon approval of the
reactivation application, the department will issue a reactivated license to
the licensee. The license number will remain the same.
G.
Continuing education requirements
for reactivation: For the next renewal cycle, the number of continuing
education hours that will be required will depend upon the reactivation date as
follows:
(1)
Twenty clock hours per
renewal cycle. If the completed reactivation application is received by
the department on or before September 30 of the
even-numbered year, the number of continuing education hours
due at the next renewal (September 30 of the next odd-numbered year) will be 20
hours.
(2)
Ten clock hours
per renewal cycle. If the completed reactivation application is received
by the department on or after October 1 of the even-numbered
year through May 31 of the odd-numbered year, the number of continuing
education hours due at the next renewal (September 30 of the same year) will be
10 hours.
(3)
Zero clock
hours. If the completed reactivation application is approved by the
department on or after June 1 of the odd-numbered (renewal)
year through July 31 of the same year, the number of continuing education hours
due at the next renewal (September 30 of the same year) will be zero
hours.
Notes
N.M. Admin.
Code §
16.23.1.16
Adopted by
New
Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 06, March 22, 2022, eff.
4/21/2022, Adopted
by
New
Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 12, June 27, 2023, eff.
6/27/2023, Amended
by
New
Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 23, December 10, 2024, eff.
12/10/2024
