1. A. Applicants for a public service license shall meet all requirements for licensure and shall:

   1. (1) be enrolled in a board-approved residency or fellowship training program either in New Mexico or in another jurisdiction;
   2. (2) obtain written approval from the training program director of the applicant to pursue a public service practice opportunity outside the residency training program; and
   3. (3) satisfy other reasonable requirements imposed by the board.
2. B. A physician with one year of postdoctoral training may apply for a public service license to practice under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or with immediate access to a licensed physician by electronic means when the public service physician is employed in a medically underserved area.
3. C. A public service license shall expire on September 1 of each year and may be renewed by the board.
4. D. An applicant for a public service license shall pay the required fees set forth in Section 61-6-19 NMSA 1978.

History: 1978 Comp., § 61-6-18.1, enacted by Laws 1994, ch. 80, § 10; 2003, ch. 19, § 18; 2005, ch. 159, § 6; 2021, ch. 54, § 38.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, included "fellowships" within the provisions of this section; and in Subsection A, Paragraph A(1), after "residency", added "or fellowship".

The 2005 amendment, effective April 5, 2005, deleted former Subsection A(3), which required applicants to obtain advance written approval from the training program director of the applicant to return to the residency training program after public service and provided in Subsection C that public service licenses expire on September 1 of each year.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, in Subsection A, rewrote the undesignated paragraph, added present Paragraph (1) and redesignated former Paragraphs (1) and (2) as present Paragraphs (2) and (3), substituted "obtain written approval from the" for "obtains approval from his" at the beginning of present Paragraph (2), substituted "obtain advance written approval from the" for "obtains advance approval from his" at the beginning of present Paragraph (3), inserted "of the applicant" following "program director" in present Paragraphs (2) and (3), substituted "satisfy" for "satisfies any" at the beginning of Paragraph (4); in Subsection B, substituted "or has immediate access to a licensed physician by electronic means when the public service physician" for "or when the physician" following "licensed physician or".