As used in the Uniform Licensing Act:

1. A. "board" means:

   1. (1) the construction industries commission, the construction industries division and the electrical bureau, mechanical bureau and general construction bureau of the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department;
   2. (2) the manufactured housing committee and the manufactured housing division of the regulation and licensing department;
   3. (3) the crane operators licensure examining council;
   4. (4) a board, commission or agency that administers a profession or occupation licensed pursuant to Chapter 61 NMSA 1978;
   5. (5) the cannabis control division of the regulation and licensing department; and
   6. (6) any other state agency to which the Uniform Licensing Act is applied by law;
2. B. "applicant" means a person who has applied for a license;
3. C. "expedited license", whether by examination, endorsement, credential or reciprocity, means a license issued to a person in this state based on licensure in another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or a foreign country, as applicable;
4. D. "initial license" means the first regular license received from a board for a person who has not been previously licensed;
5. E. "license" means a certificate, permit or other authorization to engage in a profession or occupation regulated by a board;
6. F. "licensing jurisdiction" means another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or a foreign country, as applicable;
7. G. "party" means a respondent licensee, applicant or unlicensed person who is the subject of a disciplinary proceeding or the civil administrative prosecutor representing the state and the board;
8. H. "probation" means to allow, for a stated period of time, the conduct authorized by a license, subject to conditions or other restrictions that are reasonably related to the grounds for probation;
9. I. "regular license" means a license that is not issued as a temporary or provisional license;
10. J. "revocation" means to prohibit the conduct authorized by the license for an indefinite period of time; and
11. K. "suspension" means to prohibit, for a stated period of time, the conduct authorized by the license.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-26-2, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 247, § 2; 1959, ch. 223, § 13; 1969, ch. 6, § 1; 1971, ch. 54, § 2; 1973, ch. 259, § 4; 1977, ch. 245, § 165; 1978 Comp., § 61-1-2 ,1981, ch. 62, § 16; 1981, ch. 349, § 1; 1983, ch. 295, § 26; 1989, ch. 6, § 49; 1989, ch. 51, § 26; 1989, ch. 387, § 16; 1990, ch. 75, § 24; 1991, ch. 147, § 26; 1993, ch. 49, § 31; 1993, ch. 171, § 25; 1993, ch. 295, § 1; 2002, ch. 83, § 1; 2022, ch. 39, § 1; 2023, ch. 190, § 1; 2024, ch. 38, § 18.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, added the cannabis control division to the list of agencies under the definition of "board" as used in the Uniform Licensing Act; and in Subsection A, added a new Paragraph A(5) and redesignated former Paragraph A(5) as Paragraph A(6).

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, defined "party," "probationer," "revocation" and "suspension"; added new Subsections G and H and redesignated former Subsections G through I as Subsections I through K, respectively; in Subsection J, deleted "revoke a license" and added "revocation", and after "by the license", added "for an indefinite period of time"; and in Subsection K, deleted "suspend a license" and added "suspension", and deleted "'Suspend a license' also means to allow, for a stated period of time, the conduct authorized by the license, subject to conditions that are reasonably related to the grounds for suspension.".

The 2022 amendment, effective May 18, 2022, included "the crane operators licensure examining council" within the definition of "board", revised the definition of "license", removed the definition of "emergency", and defined "expedited license", "initial license", "licensing jurisdiction" and "regular license", as used in the Uniform Licensing Act; in Subsection A, added a new Paragraph A(3) and redesignated former Paragraphs A(3) and A(4) as Paragraphs A(4) and A(5), respectively; added new Subsections C and D and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection E; in Subsection E, after "to engage in", deleted "each of the professions and occupations" and added "a profession or occupation", and after "regulated by", deleted "the boards enumerated in Subsection A of this section" and added "a board"; added new Subsections F and G and redesignated former Subsections D and E as Subsections H and I, respectively; and deleted former Subsection F, which defined "emergency".

The 2002 amendment, effective March 5, 2002, added Subsection F.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, rewrote Subsection A.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, in Subsection A, added Paragraphs (35) and (36), designated former Paragraph (35) as Paragraph (37) and made a related stylistic change, and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection E.

The 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, in Subsection A, substituted "professional engineers and surveyors" for "professional engineers and land surveyors" in Paragraph (16), substituted "construction industries commission and construction industries division" for "construction industries committee and division" in Paragraph (20), deleted "Polygraphy Act and the" preceding "Private Investigators Act" in Paragraph (25), added present Paragraphs (28) to (34), designated former Paragraph (28) as present Paragraph (35), and made a minor stylistic change.

The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, in Subsection A(20), substituted "regulation and licensing department" for "commerce and industry department"; in Subsection A(24), inserted "manufactured housing" preceding "division" and substituted "regulation and licensing department" for "commerce and industry department"; added Subsection A(27); and redesignated former Subsection A(27) as Subsection A(28).