A qualified provisional licensee may apply for an extension of a provisional license if the applicant:

1. A. fails to sit for the examination due to extenuating circumstances; these extenuating circumstances are defined as serious, physician-verified illness or death in immediate family, and military service; the extenuating circumstances must be presented for the board's administrator’s consideration on a case-by-case basis;

2. B. should the applicant be granted an extension, the applicant must sit for the examination at the next available time it is offered; the extended provisional license will be in effect only until the next available test date and not to exceed under any circumstances 4 months.

   [1/1/90, 5/15/91, 6/22/92, 1/5/95; 5/1/99; 16.63.7.10 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 63.7.10, 06/19/02; A, 04/24/06]