New Mexico Statutes
Article 14B - Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices
Section 61-14B-14 - Requirements for licensure by examination; hearing aid dispenser. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. A license to practice as a hearing aid dispenser shall be issued to a person who files a completed application, passes the examination approved by the board, pays the required fees, provides required documentation and submits satisfactory evidence that the person:
(1) is an audiologist or an otolaryngologist; or
(2) is a person other than an audiologist or an otolaryngologist applying for a license pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act;
(3) has reached the age of majority and has at least a high school education or the equivalent;
(4) has worked for no less than seven months under a training permit; and
(5) certifies that the person is not guilty of any of the activities listed in Section 61-14B-21 NMSA 1978.
B. The examination for hearing aid dispenser shall be conducted by the board quarterly unless there are no applicants for examination.
C. The board:
(1) shall provide procedures to ensure that examinations for licensure are offered as needed;
(2) shall establish rules regarding the examination application deadline and other rules relating to the taking and retaking of licensure examinations;
(3) shall determine a passing grade for the examination; and
(4) may accept an applicant's examination scores used for national certification or other examination approved by the board.
History: Laws 1996, ch. 57, § 14; 1999, ch. 128, § 7; 2013, ch. 110, § 9.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1996, ch. 57, § 27 repealed 61-14B-14 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 249, § 14, relating to denial, suspension and revocation of speech-language pathology or audiology licenses, and § 14 of that act enacted the above section, effective July 1, 1996.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-14B-25 NMSA 1978.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed the qualifications for licensure as a hearing aid dispenser; in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A, after "audiologist", deleted "a clinical fellow in audiology" and in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A, after "audiologist", deleted "a clinical fellow in audiology".
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, deleted "a dispensing" preceding "audiologist" in Subsections A and A(1); in Subsection A, inserted "provides required" preceding "documentation"; in Subsection A(1), deleted "who does not meet the qualifications regarding a dispensing otolaryngologist set forth in Section 13 of the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act" following "otolaryngologist"; in Subsection A(2), deleted "a nondispensing audiologist" preceding "a clinical fellow in audiology"; in Subsection A(2)(a), inserted "has reached the age of majority and"; and in Subsection A(2)(c), substituted "Section 61-14B-21 NMSA 1978" for "Section 21 of the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act".