HOUSE BILL 481

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Brian F. Egolf

AN ACT

RELATING TO LICENSING; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE MASSAGE THERAPY PRACTICE ACT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 61-12C-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 147, Section 18, as amended) is amended to read:

     "61-12C-18. INACTIVE STATUS.--

          [A. A massage therapy license or massage therapy instructor registration not renewed at the end of the sixty-day grace period shall be placed on inactive status for a period not to exceed two years. At the end of two years, if the license or registration has not been reactivated, it shall automatically expire.

          B. If within a period of two years from the date the license or registration was placed on inactive status the massage therapist or massage therapy instructor wishes to resume practice, the board shall be notified in writing, and, upon proof of completion of any continuing education or refresher courses prescribed by rule of the board and payment of an amount set by the board in lieu of all lapsed renewal fees, the license or registration shall be restored in full.]

A massage therapy license or massage therapy instructor registration may be transferred to inactive status upon written request to the board and payment of an annual inactive status fee as set by the board. Such request shall be made prior to the expiration of the license or during the sixty-day grace period. The licensee or registrant shall not practice in New Mexico during the time the license is inactive. A licensee or registrant may reactivate the massage therapy license or massage therapy instructor registration upon submission of a renewal form provided by the board, the payment of the annual renewal fee for the current year, proof of continuing education units or refresher courses for the period of inactive status as proscribed by rule of the board and any additional proof of competency requested and prescribed by the board."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2011.

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