New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVII, Issue 1 / January 13, 2026

This is an amendment to 16.23.2 NMAC, Section 8, effective January 13, 2026.

16.23.2.8 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES: In accordance with Subsection A of Section 61-12B-11 NMSA 1978, of the New Mexico Respiratory Care Act, the respiratory care advisory board establishes the following nonrefundable fees.

A. Application fees:

(1) initial application and practitioner license [fee] $150.00;

(2) initial application temporary student extern permit $50.00;

(3) initial application and graduate permit $100.00;

(4) practitioner reactivation from inactive status $15.00;

(5) practitioner reactivation from expired status $250.00;

(6) credential upgrade from certified respiratory therapist (CRT) to registered respiratory therapist (RRT) $25.00.

B. Renewal fees:

(1) active respiratory care practitioner license $150.00;

(2) inactive respiratory care practitioner license $30.00;

(3) temporary student extern permit $50.00.

C. miscellaneous fees:

(1) photocopying $0.25;

(2) written license verifications $15.00;

(3) list of licensees [fifty dollars ($50.00)] $50.00;

(4) duplicate licenses/permit [twenty-five dollars ($25.00)] $25.00;

(5) Returned check or e-check $35.00;

(6) Electronic processing fee for initial application and each renewal year $10.00.

[16.23.2.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.23.2.8 NMAC, 7/15/2017; A, 4/21/2022; A, 06/27/2023; A, 01/13/2026]