New Mexico Statutes
Article 9 - Psychologists
Section 61-9-10 - Licensure of psychologists from other areas. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

Subject to the provisions of Section 61-9-10.1 NMSA 1978, upon application accompanied by a fee as required by the Professional Psychologist Act, the board shall, without written or oral examination, issue a license to a person who furnishes, upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, evidence to the board that the person has been licensed or certified as a psychologist or prescribing psychologist by another state, a territorial possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or another country for two years. An applicant seeking a license shall demonstrate to the board that the training and education received by the applicant is equivalent to the requirements for a doctoral degree in psychology as provided in the Professional Psychologist Act.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-30-9, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 92, § 9; 1989, ch. 41, § 10; 2006, ch. 6, § 2; 2009, ch. 51, § 1; 2019, ch. 19, § 2; 2021, ch. 93, § 2.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-9-19 NMSA 1978.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, removed discretionary language, and added mandatory language, related to the board of psychologist examiner's power to issue a license to a person who furnishes evidence to the board that the person has been licensed or certified as a psychologist or prescribing psychologist by another state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or another country for two years, and revised the qualifications for an applicant seeking a license pursuant to this section; in the section heading, after "areas", deleted "reciprocity"; after "Professional Psychologist Act, the board", changed "may" to "shall", after "evidence", deleted "satisfactory", after "or another country for", deleted "a minimum of five" and added "two", after "An applicant seeking", deleted "reciprocity" and added "a license", and after "demonstrate to", deleted "the satisfaction of".
The 2019 amendment, effective February 4, 2019, authorized the New Mexico state board of psychologist examiners to provide reciprocity to qualifying prescribing psychologists licensed outside of New Mexico; after "certified as a psychologist", added "or prescribing psychologist".
The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, deleted the former provisions that provided for licensure of psychologists from Puerto Rico and Canada and for the promulgation of rules to ensure reciprocity; added "or another country for a minimum of five years"; and added the last sentence.
The 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, added the qualification that this section is subject to the provisional and temporary provisions of Laws 2006, ch. 6, § 5 (compiled as 61-9-10.1 NMSA 1978); added "Canadian province" as a reciprocal licensing jurisdiction; and provided that the board shall promulgate rules to ensure a process of reciprocity for licensure of practitioners from other states or a Canadian province.
The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, substituted "Licensure" for "certification" in the section heading, substituted "license" for "certificate" near the beginning of the section, deleted "and where the state or territory has like reciprocal privileges for the state of New Mexico" at the end of the section, and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.
Reciprocal licensing. — If an applicant establishes under the board's uniform requirements for proving equivalence, that he or she has been duly licensed or certified as a psychologist by another state, and the other state has similar procedures for certifying a New Mexico psychologist, the state board of psychologist examiners may issue its certificate to that individual. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-136.
Section does not require mutual reciprocity agreement between New Mexico and another state before New Mexico may issue a certificate to a psychologist duly licensed under the laws of that other state. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-136.
All that this section requires is that the other state also provide in a similar manner for certification of an individual psychologist previously licensed in New Mexico. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-136.

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