New Mexico Statutes
Article 13 - Nursing Home Administrators
Section 61-13-14 - Penalties. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.)

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to:
A. sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any license or aid or abet in the obtaining or furnishing of any license under the Nursing Home Administrators Act;
B. practice as a nursing home administrator, under cover of any license or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or unlawfully issued;
C. practice as a nursing home administrator or use in connection with his name any designation tending to imply that he is a nursing home administrator unless duly licensed and registered to so practice under the provisions of the Nursing Home Administrators Act; or
D. practice as a nursing home administrator without a valid license or during the time his license or registration issued under the provisions of the Nursing Home Administrators Act is suspended or revoked.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-37-13, enacted by Laws 1970, ch. 61, § 13.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-13-17 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For penalties for misdemeanors, see 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
Intermediate care facility for mentally retarded properly licensed by the health and social services (now human services) department as an intermediate care facility is not a nursing home as defined by Section 61-13-2C NMSA 1978; its administrator is not, therefore, required to be licensed as a nursing home administrator. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 88-48.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 51 Am. Jur. 2d Licenses and Permits § 72.
53 C.J.S. Licenses §§ 82 to 84.

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