New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 2 - Optometry

Section 61-2-1 - Short title. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Chapter 61, Article 2 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 61-2-2 - Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - As used in the Optometry Act: A. "practice of optometry"...

Section 61-2-3 - Criminal offender's character evaluation. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [28-2-1 to...

Section 61-2-4 - License required. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Unless licensed pursuant to the Optometry Act, or specifically exempted...

Section 61-2-5 - Board created; terms; appointment; continuance; removal. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. There is created a six-member "board of optometry". The...

Section 61-2-6 - Organization; meetings; compensation; powers and duties. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. The board shall annually elect a chair, a vice...

Section 61-2-7 - Disposition of funds; optometry fund created; method of payments; bonds. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. There is created the "optometry fund." B. All funds...

Section 61-2-8 - Qualifications for licensure as an optometrist. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Each applicant for licensure as an optometrist shall furnish evidence...

Section 61-2-9 - Licensure by examination; licensure by endorsement. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. An applicant meeting the qualifications set forth in Section...

Section 61-2-9.1 - License issued. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Each applicant for a license to practice optometry as provided...

Section 61-2-10 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 67-1-8.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 61-2-10.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 20, § 10 repealed 61-2-10.1...

Section 61-2-10.2 - Designation of pharmaceutical agents; certification for use of certain agents. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Subject to the provisions of the Optometry Act, optometrists...

Section 61-2-10.3 - Prescription for pharmaceutical agent or ophthalmic lenses; required elements; authority of a person who sells and dispenses eyeglasses. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A prescription written for a pharmaceutical agent shall include...

Section 61-2-10.4 - Contact lens prescription; required elements; restrictions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A contact lens prescription shall: (1) explicitly state that...

Section 61-2-10.5 - Replacement contact lens prescriptions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. As used in this section: (1) "immediate follow-up care"...

Section 61-2-11 - License fees; licensure under prior law. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. The board shall set fees for the following by...

Section 61-2-12 - License; display; renewal; retirement; resumption of practice. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A person to whom a license as an optometrist...

Section 61-2-13 - Refusal, suspension or revocation of license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - The board may refuse to issue, suspend or revoke any...

Section 61-2-14 - Offenses. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A person who commits one of the following acts...

Section 61-2-14.1 - Contact lenses; spectacles; limitations on prescriptions; criminal penalty; civil remedy; exceptions. - A. Unless the person is licensed pursuant to the Optometry...

Section 61-2-15 - Exemptions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Except for the provisions of Section 61-2-16 NMSA 1978...

Section 61-2-16 - Freedom of choice. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. In expending public money for any purpose involving the...

Section 61-2-17 - Power to enjoin violations. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Upon conviction of any person for violation of any provision...

Section 61-2-18 - Termination of agency life; delayed repeal. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - The board of optometry is terminated on July 1, 2023...