New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVII, Issue 8
/ April 21, 2026
TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 5 DENTISTRY (DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, ETC.)
PART 32 DENTAL ASSISTANTS, FEES
16.5.32.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico board
of dental health care.
[16.5.32.1 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.1
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
16.5.32.2 SCOPE: The provisions
of Part 32 of Chapter 5 apply to all applicants for certification; to active, expired
and suspended certificate holders; and to anyone who requests a list of certified
dental assistants or other public records.
[16.5.32.2 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.2
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
16.5.32.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Part 32 of Chapter
5 is promulgated pursuant to the Dental Health Care Act, Section 61-5A-20 NMSA 1978
(1996 Repl. Pamp.).
[16.5.32.3 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.3
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
16.5.32.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[16.5.32.4 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.4
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
16.5.32.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 2026,
unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.5.32.5 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.5
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
16.5.32.6 OBJECTIVE: To establish fees
to generate revenue to support the cost of program administration.
[16.5.32.6 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.6
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
16.5.32.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
[16.5.32.7 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.7
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
16.5.32.8 FEES:
A. all
fees are non-refundable;
B. application
fee: $50;
C. examination
fee not to exceed $100 per exam;
D. triennial
renewal fee: $50;
E. late
penalty fee: $25.00;
F. duplicate
certificate fee: $10.00;
G. list
of current certificate holders: $300; an annual list of current certificate holders
is available to the professional association upon request at no cost;
H. reinstatement
fee: $15.00;
I. electronic
processing fee, initial and renewal, per year is $10;
J. return
payment fee is $35.
[16.5.32.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.5.32.8
NMAC, 4/21/2026]
HISTORY OF 16.5.32 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 as:
Article XII, Dental Assistants,
filed 3/12/1981.
Article XII, Dental Assistants,
filed 1/12/1982.
Article XII, Dental Assistants,
filed 8/8/1984.
Article XII, Dental Assistants,
filed 2/5/1988.
BOD Rule 10, Dental Assistants,
filed 2/9/1989.
BODHC Rule DA 1-95, Dental Assistant,
Practice and Certification, filed 5/5/1995.
BODHC Rule DA 2-95, Dental Assistants,
Renewal of Certificates, filed 5/5/1995.
History of Repealed Material:
16.5.32
NMAC, Dental Assistants Fees filed 12/1/2000 Repealed effective 4/21/2026.
Other History:
That applicable portion of BODHC
Rule DA 1-95, Dental Assistant, Practice and Certification, filed 5/5/1995 and that
applicable portion of BODHC Rule DA 2-95, Dental Assistants, Renewal of Certificates
(filed 5/5/1995) were renumbered, reformatted, amended and replaced by 16 NMAC 5.32,
Dental Assistants, Fees, effective 9/30/1996.
16 NMAC 5.32, Dental Assistants,
Fees (filed 9/17/1996) renumbered, reformatted, amended and replaced by 16.5.32
NMAC, Dental Assistants, Fees, effective 4/17/2006.
16.5.32
NMAC, Dental Assistants Fees filed 12/1/2000 Replaced by 16.5.32 NMAC, Dental
Assistants Fees effective 4/21/2026.