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

This is an amendment to 16.34.2 NMAC Sections 8, 10, effective 1/13/2026.

16.34.2.8 [RESERVED] GENERAL LICENSING PROCEDURES:

A. Application for any license to be issued or renewed by the board shall be made online. Applications are valid for one year from the date of submittal.

B. Applicants for original licensure shall:

(1) complete an online application; and

(2) upload a recent headshot only, color photograph, front-view face to their online portal; and

(3) attach a transcript of hours from a school or a certificate of completion of a barber

apprenticeship issued by the state apprenticeship agency showing that the training hours were completed within the preceding 24 months; and

(4) upload exam results indicating the applicant has successfully passed the national written

and practical examinations. The minimum passing scaled scores for all written and practical licensing examinations is 70.

C. Renewal is the responsibility of the licensee:

(1) Timely renewal of a license(s) is the full and complete responsibility of the licensee. Failure to renew the license by the expiration date will result in late fees or reexaminations as set forth in the act.

(2) A licensee applying for renewal shall upload a recent head shot only, color photograph, front-view face to their online portal.

(3) A licensee, with a valid instructor license for the preceding 24 months, may use the instructor license to renew or reinstate their original practitioner license.

(4) A licensee with an active practitioner license who has taken and passed the instructor theory exam, may submit Continuing Education as defined in 16.34.9.8 NMAC to renew or reinstate their instructor license.

(5) Timely renewal of an establishment, enterprise, electrology clinic and school license is

the full and complete responsibility of the licensee. Failure to renew the license within 30 days after its expiration date, will result in payment of renewal and late fees. A license that has expired for more than a year is considered expired non-renewable.

D. Licenses for practitioners will expire at the end of the licensee’s birth month not to exceed 24 months.

[16.34.2.8 NMAC - N, 01/13/2026]

16.34.2.10 LICENSES POSTED:

A. All licenses, except identification licenses, issued by the board shall be posted where clearly visible to the public upon entry to the establishment at all times.

B. Licensees must upload or attach a recent [passport size] headshot only colored photograph to the board issued license. [and sign the license where indicated].

C. [All licensees, who have been placed on probation, will be issued a license, which states the licensee is on disciplinary probation.] The license shall be posted where clearly visible to the public upon entry to the establishment at all times.

D. [Licensee] Licensees must present a driver’s license or other identification when requested by the public, the board or its authorized representative.

[E. Hours of operation shall be posted where clearly visible to the public at all times.

F. Most recent inspection report shall be downloaded, printed and posted in each establishment within 72 hours of the inspection and posted where clearly visible to the public. It is the responsibility of the licensee that signed the inspection report and the operator to ensure this requirement is met.]

[16.34.2.10 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 34.2.10, 6/16/2001; A, 10/04/2007; A, 12/17/2015, A, 01/13/2026]