N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-12C-10
B. The board shall establish minimum standards of training and curriculum for massage therapy schools. Massage therapy schools shall provide an educational program that includes a minimum of six hundred fifty hours of training and shall include instruction in:
History: Laws 1991, ch. 147, § 10; 1993, ch. 173, § 9; 1999, ch. 240, § 9.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-12C-28 NMSA 1978.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "Requirements for registration of massage therapy schools" for "Approved massage therapy schools registration" in the section heading; in Subsection A, substituted "procedures for the registration" for "procedures for approval", and added "and rules adopted by the board pursuant to that act"; in Subsection B, deleted "approved training programs and for approved" in the first sentence, deleted "At a minimum, approved" and substituted "Massage therapy schools shall provide an educational program that includes a minimum of six hundred fifty hours of training and" for "At a minimum, approved massage therapy schools shall provide training programs that include a minimum of three hundred hours of training. This"; and deleted former Subsections C and D, relating to board establishment of a list of approved massage therapy schools and annual registration with the board.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, added current Subsection A; redesignated former Subsection A as Subsection B and inserted the paragraph designations in that subsection; rewrote the first and second sentences of former Subsection B as present Subsection C and designated the final sentence of former Subsection B as Subsection D; and deleted "and the commission on higher education" at the end of Subsection D.
61-12C-10.1. Massage therapy school registration, renewal, suspension and revocation. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
A. A person shall not maintain, manage or operate a massage therapy school offering education, instruction or training in massage therapy unless the school is a registered massage therapy school.
B. Massage therapy school registrations shall expire annually. Expiration dates shall be established by rule of the board.
C. A registration shall be renewed by submitting a renewal application on a form provided by the board.
D. A sixty-day grace period shall be allowed each registrant after the end of the renewal period, during which time a registration may be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee and a late fee as prescribed by the board.
E. Proceedings to determine whether to suspend or revoke the registration of a massage therapy school may be instituted by sworn complaint of any individual, including members of the board, and shall conform with the provisions of the Uniform Licensing Act [61-1-1 through 61-1-31 NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 2019, ch. 40, § 12.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-12C-28 NMSA 1978.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2019, ch. 40, § 15 contained an emergency clause and was approved February 4, 2019.