New Mexico
Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 22 / November 18, 2025
This is an amendment to
16.27.13 NMAC, Section 9, effective 11/18/2025
16.27.13.9 APPLICANTS
FOR LICENSURE: A substance abuse associate (LSAA) must possess the
following qualifications and provide the required documentation with the
application.
A. Age
requirement: Be at least 21 years of
age.
B. Applicant
must sign a statement provided in the application indicating the applicant has
read the code of ethics and agrees to be bound and governed by the code of
ethics.
C. Supervisory
requirements: Applicant must have arranged for appropriate supervision,
including an experience plan.
D. Holds at minimum an associate degree in
counseling, counseling related field, or a substance abuse
related field from an accredited institution and has a total of 90 clock hours
of education and training in the areas of substance abuse counseling. The board may approve, on a case-by-case
basis, applicants whose education is not in counseling, a counseling related
field, or a substance abuse related field.
E. Documentation
required for licensure:
(1) a
completed application as specified in 16.27.3.8 NMAC, and
(2) proof
of completed education requirements: the applicant is required to upload or
submit an official transcript [in a sealed envelope] from each
institution contributing to their associate, baccalaureate, masters
or doctoral degree; the transcript [must] may be sent directly to
the board office from the institution and may be submitted electronically; and
(3) verification on attachment D of 90
clock hours of education and training in substance abuse, and
(4) verification
on attachment C that an appropriate supervisor has been obtained and an
experience plan has been established and a signed statement is provided by the
supervisor indicating the associate shall only participate in alcohol and drug
abuse counseling sessions.
[16.27.13.9 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 27.27.8, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A,
2/10/2006; A, 11/19/2007; A, 11/30/2021; A, 11/18/2025]