New Mexico
Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 22 / November 18, 2025
This is an amendment to
16.27.6 NMAC, Sections 10 and 11, effective 11/18/2025.
16.27.6.10 EXAMINATION: Applicants
must demonstrate professional competency by passing the examination for marital
and family therapy [(PES)] (PTS).
[16.27.6.10 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.5.9, 6/15/2001; A, 2/10/2006; A, 11/18/2025]
16.27.6.11 DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION:
A. A
completed application as specified in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Proof
of education and experience requirements:
(1) the
applicant is required to upload or submit an official transcript [in
a sealed envelope] from each institution contributing to the applicant's
master or doctoral degree; the transcript must be submitted with the
application; applicants educated in foreign institutions who are unable to
submit certified official transcripts shall submit a statement explaining why
such transcripts are not available and shall submit certified copies of the
degree certificates granted, information on the curricula offered, and any
other documentation requested by the board.
Applicants who have just graduated with an appropriate degree field, and
whose degrees have not yet been conferred by their university, may submit the
following documentation in while awaiting official transcripts to become
available:
(a) A
verification letter from a university official verifying
(i) their degree program;
(ii) that
all courses have been completed and they have earned passing grades;
(iii) their
degrees will be conferred by the university; and
(b) A
receipt verifying that they have ordered their transcripts to be sent to the
board office once their degree is conferred;
(2) a
statement from each supervisor [in a sealed envelope] on a form provided
by the board (attachment B) verifying the applicant's supervised experience and
setting forth the nature and extent of such supervision must be submitted with
the application; the statement shall verify that the applicant's performance
was in accordance with adequate counseling and therapy standards of practice;
if a supervisor's statement is not available, the applicant may submit
documentation explaining why the supervisor's statement is not available and
sworn affidavits from other individuals verifying that supervision took place
and describing the nature and the extent of the supervision;
(3) documentation of 1,000 hours of
postgraduate direct client contact hours in marriage and family therapy and 200
hours of appropriate postgraduate supervision in marriage and family therapy;
(4) if an applicant has been previously
licensed, registered or certified in another state, territory or foreign
nation, documentation of the applicant’s licensure, registration or
certification status shall be submitted on form A of the application;
[16.27.6.11 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 27.5.10, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A,
2/10/2006; A, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023;
A, 11/18/2025]