New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI,
Issue 19 / October 7, 2025
TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 63 SOCIAL WORKERS
PART 8 FEES
16.63.8.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Regulation and Licensing Department, Board of
Social Work Examiners, P.O Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504.
[16.63.8.1 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.8.1 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.2 SCOPE: All baccalaureate social workers, masters
social workers, clinical social workers, and independent social workers.
[16.63.8.2 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.8.2 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: These parts are promulgated to the Social Work
Practice Act, Sections 61-31-1 to 25 NMSA 1978.
[16.63.8.3 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.8.3 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.4 DURATION: Permanent
[16.63.8.4 NMAC – Rp,
16.63.8.4 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: October 07, 2025, unless a different date is
cited at the end of a section.
[16.63.8.5 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.8.5 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.6 OBJECTIVE: To outline fees for examinations, application,
renewal, late penalty fee, duplicate license, retired, and administrative fees.
[16.63.8.6 NMAC – Rp.,
16.63.8.6 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
16.63.8.8 EXAMINATIONS: The Board does not charge a fee for
examinations. The cost of examinations
by ASWB for any level of licensure is determined and collected by ASWB.
[16.63.8.8 NMAC – Rp.,16.63.8.8
NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.9 INITIAL LICENSURE BACCALAUREATE: The fee for applications as a baccalaureate
social worker is seventy-five dollars ($75.00), to be submitted with the
application.
[16.63.8.9 NMAC – Rp.,16.63.8.9
NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.10 INITIAL LICENSURE MASTER: The fee for application as a master social
worker in one hundred dollars ($100.00), to be submitted with the application.
[16.63.8.10 NMAC –
Rp.,16.63.8.9 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.11 INITIAL LICENSURE INDEPENDENT OR
CLINICAL:
The fee for application as an
independent social worker is one hundred twenty-five ($125.00), to be submitted
with the application.
[16.63.8.11 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.11 NMAC 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.12 PROVISIONAL LICENSE: For a provisional license, the fee is
commensurate for each license level as stated in this part.
[16.63.8.12 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.12 NMAC 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.13 RENEWAL BACCALAUREATE: For renewal of license as a baccalaureate
social worker, on hundred dollars ($100.00).
[16.63.8.13 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.13 NMAC,10/07/2025]
16.63.8.14 RENEWAL MASTERS: For renewal of a license as a master social
worker, one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
[16.63.8.14 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.14 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.15 RENEWAL INDEPENDENT: For renewal of a license as an independent
social worker, two hundred dollars ($200.00).
[16.63.8.15 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.15 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.16 LATE PENALTY FEE: License renewal deadline is July 1. Penalty fee for late renewal license is seventy-five
dollars ($75.00).
[16.63.8.16 NMAC –
Rp.,16.63.8.16 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.17 DUPLICATE LICENSE: The fee for a duplicate license is twenty-five
($25.00). The fee for a duplicate pocket
card is five dollars ($5.00). The fee
for a duplicate renewal certificate is five dollars ($5.00).
[16.63.8.17 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.17 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.18 APPLICATION RETIRED: The application fee for retired social worker
is one half the regular fee.
[16.63.8.18 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.18 NMAC 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.19 [RESERVED]
[16.63.8.19 NMAC –
Repealed, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.20 REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES
[16.63.8.20 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.20 NMAC,10/07/2025]
16.63.8.21 ALL FEES ARE NON REFUNDABLE
[16.63.8.21 NMAC –
Rp., 16.63.8.21 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
16.63.8.22 INSUFFICIENT FUNDS: Any returned check or electronic payment will
be subject to a thirty-five ($35.00) fee.
[16.63.8.22 NMAC –
N, 16.63.8.22 NMAC, 10/07/2025]
HISTORY OF 16.63.8
NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in
this part was derived from that previously file with the commission of Public
Records-State Records Center and Archives:
Rule 10, Fees,
12/1/89.
Rule 10, Fees,
8/13/90.
Rule 8, Fees,
4/15/91.
Rule 8, Fees,
5/22/92.
History of
Repealed Material:
16.63.8 NMAC, Fees,
filed 06/22/1992, was repealed and replaced with 16.63.8 NMAC, Fees, effective
10/07/2025.