1. A. A massage therapy license 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 has not been reactivated, it shall automatically expire.
2. B. If within a period of two years from the date the license was placed on inactive status the licensee wishes to resume practice, the licensee shall notify the board 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 shall be restored in full.

History: Laws 1991, ch. 147, § 18; 1999, ch. 240, § 15; 2019, ch. 40, § 8.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-12C-28 NMSA 1978.

The 2019 amendment, effective February 4, 2019, removed references to "massage therapy instructors"; in Subsection A, after "massage therapy license", deleted "or massage therapy instructor registration"; and in Subsection B, after "inactive status the", deleted "massage therapist or massage therapy instructor" and added "licensee".

The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, in Subsection A, added "A massage therapy license or massage therapy instructor registration" to the first sentence; in Subsection B, substituted "the license or registration was placed on inactive status the massage therapist or massage therapy instructor" for "the license was placed on inactive status the massage therapist".