New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVII, Issue 4 / February 24, 2026

This amendment to 16.20.5 NMAC, Section 8, effective 2/24/2026

16.20.5.8 SCHEDULE OF FEES: The following fees shall be nonrefundable.

A. Application for full licensure:

(1) physical therapist: [$250.00] $160.00

(2) physical therapist assistant: [$200.00] $120.00

B. Request for temporary license: $35.00; revised temporary license: $10.00.

C. Jurisprudence exam: $25.00; applicants who fail to pass this exam will need to pay the fee for each subsequent exam taken.

D. National physical therapy examination: contact the board for the current fees set by the testing contractor for both physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.

E. Biennial renewal:

(1) physical therapist: [$160.00] $85.00

(2) physical therapist assistant: [120.00] $60.00

F. Penalty for late renewal:

(1) physical therapist: $250.00;

(2) physical therapist assistant: $200.00.

G. Replacement license: $25.00; a replacement license may be provided subject to administrative review.

H. Mailing list (paper copy): $250.00.

I. Electronic list: $250.00.

J. [Verification of licensure by endorsement: [$30.00] Electronic Administrative Processing $10.00 (per year)

K. Continuing education approval for course provider: to be determined by board designee.

L. Copy charge for public records (per page): $0.25.

M. Returned check and e-check charge (per check): [$25.00] $35.00

N. Other administrative fees, i.e., credit card transactions, bank fees.

O. Inactive status fees:

(1) inactive status fee: $20.00;

(2) reactivation fee for physical therapists: $160.00;

(3) reactivation fee for physical therapist assistants: $120.00;

P. Instructor license fee: $50.00

[10/15/1997; 16.20.5.8 NMAC - Rn & A, 16 NMAC 20.5.8, 08/31/2000; A, 11/01/2004; A, 03/02/2006; A, 1/12/2008; A, 8/1/2009; A, 8/16/2010; A, 2/24/2026]