New Mexico
Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 22 / November 18, 2025
This is an amendment to
16.27.7 NMAC, Section 13, effective 11/18/2025.
16.27.7.13 DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION:
A. A completed application as specified
in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Proof of education and experience:
(1) The applicant is required to upload or submit an official transcript [in a sealed envelope] from
each institution contributing to the applicant's master or doctoral degree a
total of no less than 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours which includes the
required clinical core curriculum. Applicants who have just graduated with an
appropriate degree field, and whose degrees have not yet been conferred by
their university, may submit the following documentation in while awaiting
official transcripts to become available:
(a) A verification
letter from a university official verifying
(i) their
degree program;
(ii) that all courses have been
completed and they have earned passing grades;
(iii) their
degrees will be conferred by the university; and
(b) A receipt
verifying that they have ordered their transcripts to be sent to the board
office once their degree is conferred.
(2) A statement from each supervisor [in a sealed envelope] on
a form provided by the board (attachment B) verifying the applicant's
supervised experience and setting forth the nature and extent of such
supervision must be submitted with the application; the statement shall verify
that the applicant's performance was in accordance with adequate counseling and
therapy standards of practice; if a supervisor's statement is not available,
the applicant may submit documentation explaining why the supervisor's
statement is not available and sworn affidavits from other individuals
verifying that supervision took place and describing the nature and the extent
of the supervision.
(3) Documentation of 3000 client contact
hours and 100 hours of appropriate face-to-face supervision.
(4) Attachment F, listing only specific
graduate coursework. The board may
request syllabi as needed to clarify course content.
(5) Documentation
of the applicant's licensure, registration or certification status must be
submitted on application attachment form A, which
must be sent directly to the board by the jurisdiction in which the applicant
is licensed, certified, or registered.
(6) Application fee of $75.00 as provided
for in 16.27.17 NMAC.
[16.27.7.13 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.7.13 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023;
A, 11/18/2025]