New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI,
Issue 19 / October 7, 2025
TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 63 SOCIAL WORKERS
PART 7 PROVISIONAL LICENSE
16.63.7.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Regulation and Licensing Department, Board of
Social Work Examiners, P.O Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504
[16.63.7.1 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.7.1 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.2 SCOPE: All baccalaureate social workers, masters
social worker, clinical social workers, and independent social workers.
[16.63.7.2 NMAC -Rp.,
16.63.7.2, NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: These parts are promulgated pursuant to the
Social Work Practice Act, Sections 61-31-1 to 25 NMSA 1978.
[16.63.7.3 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.7.3 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.4 DURATION: Permanent
[16.63.7.4 NMAC, Rp.,
16.63.7.4 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: October 07, 2025,
unless a different date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.63.7.5 NMAC -Rp.,
16.63.7.5, NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.6 OBJECTIVE: To state the
minimum requirements for a provisional license, the duration of the license,
and the process to reapply.
[16.63.7.6 – Rp., 16.63.7.6
NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
16.63.7.8 APPLICABILITY:
A. When an applicant has submitted all documentation required
for the license sought and the application is complete expect that the
applicant has not completed the licensure exam or the required course in New
Mexico cultures, the board may issue a provisional license to the applicant at
the level sought.
B. The board will accept, in the absence of an official
transcripts, certification bearing official seal and attesting to completion of
degree requirements from the registrar, mailed directly to the board from the
conferring institution.
[16.63.7.8 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.7.8 NMAC,10/07/2025]
16.63.7.9 DURATION: The provisional license shall be valid for 12
months.
A. The provisional license shall become immediately invalid
if the provisional licensee fails to submit an official transcript of
certification.
B. During this 12 months period the provisional licensee must
provide documentation that the individual has passed the national examination
and provide documentation that verifies the individual has completed the
requirement course in New Mexico cultures.
C. Only one provisional license will be issued for each level
of licensure.
[16.63.7.9 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.7.9 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.10 FEES: The applicant
shall pay a provisional license fee as set forth in Part 8.
16.63.7.10 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.7.10 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.7.11 SUPERVISION HOURS: All supervised
hours while practicing with a provisional license pursuant to this part shall
be accepted for purposes of receiving a non-provisional license as otherwise
provided in 16.63.12 NMAC, subject to the time limitations in Subsection C and
F of 16.63.11.8 NMAC.
[16.63.7.11 NMAC –
Rp.,16.63.7.11 NMAC 10/07/2025]
HISTORY OF 16.63.7
NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in
this part was derived from that previously filed with the Commission of Public
Records-State Records Center and Archives:
Rule 8,
Provisional License, 12/1/89.
Rule 7,
Provisional License, 4/15/91.
Rule 7,
Provisional License, 12/5/94.
History of
Repealed Material:
16.63.7 NMAC, Provisional License, filed 06/22/1992,
was repealed and replaced with 16.63.7 NMAC, General Provisions, effective
10/07/2025.