New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 22 / November 18, 2025

This is an amendment to 16.27.15 NMAC, Section 14, effective 11/18/2025.

16.27.15.14 REPEATED EXAMINATIONS:

A. [Qualified applicants who fail to obtain the minimum required passing score for an exam must surrender their temporary license immediately.] An applicant may [reapply] request an extension for [a] their temporary license and is eligible to sit for the next exam without incurring further application fees; however, applicant is responsible for all new exam related fees. Applicants must pay the examination fee for each scheduled examination.

B. Applicants who cannot sit for the examinations due to circumstances beyond their control shall submit a written request to the board at least 30 days prior to the scheduled examination explaining the extenuating circumstances. Extenuating circumstances include illness, death in immediate family, military service, or other severe circumstances which do not allow an applicant to attend the scheduled examination. Applicant must provide documentation of extenuating circumstances.

C. Applicants who fail to sit for scheduled examinations without prior notification or fail to register for the exam during their approval period must submit a new application, including the application fee, and all documentation.

[16.27.15.14 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 27.12.14, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A, 11/30/2021; A, 11/18/2025]