A. For the purpose of protecting the health and well-being of the residents of this state and for maintaining and continuing informed professional knowledge and awareness, the board shall establish mandatory continuing educational requirements for licensees under its authority.
B. The board may suspend the license of a licensee who fails to comply with continuing medical education or continuing education requirements until the requirements are fulfilled and may take any further disciplinary action if the licensee fails to remediate the deficiencies, including revocation of license.
History: 1978 Comp., § 61-6-21, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 17; 2003, ch. 19, § 20; 2021, ch. 54, § 40.
Recompilations. — Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 18 recompiled former 61-6-21 NMSA 1978, relating to injunction to prevent practice without a license, as 61-6-22 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 1989.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, required the New Mexico medical board to establish mandatory continuing education requirements for licensees under its authority, and authorized the board to take disciplinary action if licensees fail to comply with continuing medical education; in Subsection A, deleted "The board may establish rules pertaining to continuing medical education for licensees." and added the remainder of the subsection; and in Subsection B, after "fulfilled", added "and may take any further disciplinary action if the licensee fails to remediate the deficiencies, including revocation of license".
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, in Subsection A, deleted "and regulations" near the beginning, substituted "for licensees" for "for physicians and continuing education for physician assistants" at the end; in Subsection B, substituted "license of a licensee" for "license or registration of any physician or physician assistant" near the beginning, and deleted "such time as" following "requirements until".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 6 - Medicine and Surgery
Section 61-6-1 - Short title; purpose.
Section 61-6-2 - New Mexico medical board; appointment; terms; qualifications.
Section 61-6-3 - Meetings of the board; quorum.
Section 61-6-4 - Election; duties of officers; reimbursement of board members.
Section 61-6-5 - Duties and powers.
Section 61-6-7.1 - Definitions.
Section 61-6-7.2 - Inactive license.
Section 61-6-7.3 - Exemption from licensure.
Section 61-6-8 to 61-6-8.1 - Repealed.
Section 61-6-9 - Physician assistants; rules.
Section 61-6-10 - Supervising or collaborating licensed physician; responsibility.
Section 61-6-10.1 - Short title.
Section 61-6-10.2 - Definitions.
Section 61-6-10.2 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2025.)
Section 61-6-10.3 - Licensure; registration; anesthesiologist assistant; scope of authority.
Section 61-6-10.4 - Annual registration of employment; employment change.
Section 61-6-10.6 - Inactive license.
Section 61-6-10.7 - Exemption from licensure.
Section 61-6-10.10 - Supervising anesthesiologist; responsibilities.
Section 61-6-11 - Physician licensure.
Section 61-6-11.1 - Telemedicine license.
Section 61-6-12 - Criminal offender's character evaluation.
Section 61-6-13 - Physician licensure by endorsement.
Section 61-6-15.1 - Summary suspension or restriction of license.
Section 61-6-17 - Exceptions to act.
Section 61-6-18 - Medical students; interns; residents; fellows.
Section 61-6-18.1 - Public service license.
Section 61-6-20 - Practicing without license; penalty.
Section 61-6-21 - Continuing medical education; penalty.
Section 61-6-22 - Injunction to prevent practice without a license.
Section 61-6-23 - Investigation; subpoena.
Section 61-6-24 - Limitations on actions.
Section 61-6-25 - False statement; penalty.
Section 61-6-26 - Triennial renewal fees; penalty for failure to renew license.
Section 61-6-27 - Issuance and display of renewal certificate.
Section 61-6-28 - Licensed physicians; changing location.
Section 61-6-30 - Restoration of good standing; fees and other requirements.
Section 61-6-31 - Disposition of funds; New Mexico medical board fund created; method of payments.
Section 61-6-31.1 - Board of medical examiners [New Mexico medical board] fund; authorized use.
Section 61-6-33 - Licensure status.