Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the board shall establish a schedule of reasonable fees for applications, licenses, renewal of licenses, exams, penalties and administrative fees. The license and license renewal fees shall not exceed:

1. A. one hundred dollars ($100) for clinical fellows and apprentices in speech and language;
2. B. two hundred dollars ($200) for audiologists or speech-language pathologists;
3. C. six hundred dollars ($600) for hearing aid dispensers;
4. D. four hundred dollars ($400) for examinations;
5. E. one hundred dollars ($100) for late renewal fees;
6. F. four hundred dollars ($400) for hearing aid dispensing endorsement;
7. G. five hundred dollars ($500) for a hearing aid dispenser trainee license, which fee includes examination, both written and practical;
8. H. one hundred dollars ($100) for bilingual-multicultural endorsement; and
9. I. reasonable administrative fees.

History: Laws 1996, ch. 57, § 20; 1999, ch. 128, § 10; 2013, ch. 110, § 15; 2020, ch. 6, § 41.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-14B-25 NMSA 1978.

The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, provided an exception to the licensure fee for qualified military service members, their spouses and dependent children, and for certain veterans; and in the introductory paragraph, added "Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978".

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, increased the renewal fees; in Subsection A, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "fifty dollars ($50.00)" and added "one hundred dollars "($100)"; in Subsection B, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "one hundred dollars ($100)" and added "two hundred dollars "($200)"; in Subsection C, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "three hundred dollars ($300)" and added "six hundred dollars "($600)"; in Subsection D, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "two hundred dollars ($200)" and added "four hundred dollars "($400)"; in Subsection F, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "two hundred dollars ($200)" and added "four hundred dollars "($400)"; and added Subsection H.

The 1999 amendment, effective June 13, 1999, in Subsection A, substituted "apprentices in speech and language" for "hearing aid dispenser trainees"; in Subsection B, deleted "nondispensing" preceding "audiologists"; in Subsection C, deleted "or dispensing audiologists" following "hearing aid dispensers"; added Subsections F and G; and redesignated the former Subsection F as Subsection H.