If all application requirements have not been met within 12 months of the initial application, the application will expire and will be deemed abandoned. Exceptions may be made, at the board’s discretion, for good cause. If the application is abandoned and the applicant wants to reapply for licensure, the applicant shall be required to submit the completed current application form, pay the current application fee and satisfy the requirements for licensure then in effect at the time of the new application.

History of 16.2.3 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with the commission of public records - state records center and archives as:

AB 81-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, filed 10/5/1981;

AB 82-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, filed 6/16/1982;

AB 84-1, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes, filed 3/13/1984;

BCD 87-1, Emergency Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes, filed 10/30/1987;

ACU 88-1 Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors and Institutes, filed 3/13/1989;

ACU Rule 91-5, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors, and Institutes Applications, filed 2/18/1991;

Rule 5, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors, and Institutes, Application for Licensing, filed 1/26/1993.

History of Repealed Material: 16.2.3.10 NMAC, 16.2.3.11 NMAC, and 16.2.3.12 NMAC (all filed 4/20/2000) repealed effective 7/27/2001.

16.2.3 NMAC - Application for Licensure filed 04/20/2000, Repealed 2/11/2022.

Other History:

Rule 5, Regulations Governing Acupuncture Practitioners, Tutors, and Institutes, Application for Licensing (filed 1/26/1993) renumbered, reformatted and replaced by 16 NMAC 2.3, Application for Licensure, effective 7/1/1996.

16 NMAC 2.3, Application for Licensure (filed 6/14/1996) renumbered, reformatted, amended and replaced as 16.2.3 NMAC effective 5/20/2000.

16.2.3 NMAC - Application For Licensure filed 04/20/2000 Replaced 16.2.3 NMAC - Application For Licensure, effective 2/11/2022.

[16.2.3.17 NMAC - Rp, 16.2.3.17 NMAC, A; 10/22/2024]