New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 5A - Dental Health Care

Section 61-5A-1 - Short title. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Chapter 61, Article 5A NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 61-5A-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 2; 2003, ch. 409,...

Section 61-5A-3 - Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - As used in the Dental Health Care Act: A. "assessment"...

Section 61-5A-4 - Scope of practice. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. As used in the Dental Health Care Act, "practice...

Section 61-5A-5 - License required; exemptions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Unless licensed to practice as a dentist under the...

Section 61-5A-5.1 - Non-dentist owner; employing or contracting for dental services. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A person, corporation or agency that desires to function...

Section 61-5A-6 - Certification of dental assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and community dental health coordinators. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A certified dental assistant, an expanded-function dental auxiliary, a...

Section 61-5A-6.1 - Expanded-function dental auxiliary; certification. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. The board shall establish academic standards and criteria for...

Section 61-5A-7 - Dental and dental hygiene districts created. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - For the purpose of selecting members of the board and...

Section 61-5A-8 - Board created. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. There is created the nine-member "New Mexico board of...

Section 61-5A-9 - Committee created. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. There is created the nine-member "New Mexico dental hygienists...

Section 61-5A-10 - Powers and duties of the board and committee. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - In addition to any other authority provided by law, the...

Section 61-5A-11 - Ratification of committee recommendations. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. The board shall ratify the recommendations of the committee...

Section 61-5A-12 - Dentists; requirements for licensure; specialty license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. All applicants for licensure as a dentist shall have...

Section 61-5A-13 - Dental hygienist licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Applicants for licensure shall have graduated and received a...

Section 61-5A-13.1 - Dental therapist licensure; requirements. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. The board shall license as a dental therapist any...

Section 61-5A-13.2 - Dental therapy; scope of practice; supervision. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with...

Section 61-5A-13.3 - Dental therapy; practice environments. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A dental therapist shall practice only in the following...

Section 61-5A-14 - Temporary licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - The board or the committee may issue a temporary license...

Section 61-5A-14.1 - Public-service licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - The board or the committee may issue a temporary public-service...

Section 61-5A-15 - Content of licenses and certificates; display of licenses and certificates. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. All dental licenses issued by the board shall bear:...

Section 61-5A-16 - License and certificate renewals. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Except as provided in Subsection I of this section,...

Section 61-5A-17 - Retirement and inactive status; reactivation. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. A licensee who wishes to retire from practice shall...

Section 61-5A-18 - Practicing without a license; penalty. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Any person who practices dentistry or who attempts to...

Section 61-5A-19 - Reinstatement of revoked or suspended license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Unless otherwise stated in the order of revocation, a...

Section 61-5A-20 - Fees. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the board...

Section 61-5A-21 - Disciplinary proceedings; application of Uniform Licensing Act. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. In accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act [61-1-1 to...

Section 61-5A-22 - Anesthesia administration. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. The board shall establish rules or regulations pertaining to...

Section 61-5A-23 - Reporting of settlements and judgments; professional review actions; immunity from civil damages. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. All entities that make payments under a policy of...

Section 61-5A-24 - Injunction to stop unlicensed dental or dental hygiene practice. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. The attorney general, district attorney, the board, the committee...

Section 61-5A-25 - Protected actions and communications. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. No member of the board or the committee or...

Section 61-5A-26 - Fund established. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. There is created in the state treasury the "board...

Section 61-5A-27 - Criminal Offender Employment Act. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [28-2-1 to...

Section 61-5A-28 - Temporary provision. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - Until revised, rescinded or modified by the board or committee,...

Section 61-5A-29 - Licensure or certification under prior law. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - A. Any person licensed as a dentist or hygienist under...

Section 61-5A-30 - Termination of agency life; delayed repeal. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.) - The New Mexico board of dental health care is terminated...