1. A. The board shall set fees for the following by rule:

   1. (1) application fee in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500);
   2. (2) examination fee in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500);
   3. (3) except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, licensure fee in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400); and
   4. (4) issuance fee for pharmaceutical certification in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
2. B. A person licensed as an optometrist under any prior laws of this state, whose license is valid on April 3, 1973, shall be held to be licensed under the provisions of the Optometry Act and shall be entitled to the annual renewal of the person's license as provided in that act.
3. C. Prior to engaging in the active practice of optometry in this state, a licensee shall furnish the board evidence that the licensee holds a registration number with the taxation and revenue department and has completed, as a condition of licensure by endorsement, the continuing education requirements as set by the rules of the board.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-1-9, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 353, § 9; 1981, ch. 50, § 1; 1995, ch. 20, § 6; 1996, ch. 59, § 2; 2003, ch. 274, § 3; 2020, ch. 6, § 6.

ANNOTATIONS

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 made certain technical amendments; and in Subsection A, Paragraph A(3), added "except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978".

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, deleted Paragraph A(5) which read: "annual license renewal fee in an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and"; deleted Paragraph A(6) which read: "late renewal penalty fee in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100)"; deleted "present" following "renewal of his" in Subsection B; and substituted "the" for "such" following "licensure by endorsement" in Subsection C.

The 1996 amendment, effective May 15, 1996, rewrote Subsection A and substituted "April 3, 1973" for "the effective date of the Optometry Act" near the beginning of Subsection B.

The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, substituted "taxation and revenue department" for "revenue division" in Subsection C and made a stylistic change.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers § 21.