A. All licenses expire annually and shall be renewed by submitting a completed renewal application, accompanied by the required fees, on a form provided by the board.
B. The board may require proof of continuing education or other proof of competency as a requirement for renewal; provided that a licensee who is age sixty-five or above and who has been licensed by the board for at least twenty consecutive years shall not be required to meet continuing education requirements.
C. A sixty-day grace period shall be allowed each licensee after the end of the licensing period, during which time licenses may be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee and a late fee as prescribed by the board and compliance with any other renewal requirements adopted by the board.
D. Any license not renewed at the end of the grace period shall be expired and invalid. A holder of an expired license shall be required to apply as a new applicant.
History: 1978 Comp., § 61-32-21, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 21; 1999, ch. 284, § 15; 2001, ch. 84, § 1.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-32-31 NMSA 1978.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 32 repealed former 61-32-21 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 185, § 21, concerning embalming, and § 21 of the act enacted a new section, effective June 18, 1993.
The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, added the proviso that certain licensees over the age of sixty-five are not required to meet continuing education requirements in Subsection B, and extended the grace period from thirty days to sixty days in Subsection C.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, in Subsection C, deleted the first sentence, which read “A license not renewed on or before the expiration date is considered lapsed and is no longer valid” and changed the grace period from ninety days to thirty days, and in Subsection D, substituted “expired and invalid. A holder of an expired license shall” for “considered expired and the license holder shall”.