New Mexico § 61-3-10.5 - Nursing excellence program; license renewal surcharge
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 61-3-10.5 — Nursing excellence program; license renewal surcharge, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 61-3-10.5. Nursing excellence program; license renewal surcharge
A. The board may establish a “nursing excellence program” that provides strategies
to: (1) enhance recruitment and retention of professional nurses, increase career and
educational opportunities and improve interaction with health facilities administrations,
the medical profession and institutions of higher education; and (2) fund loan repayment assistance pursuant to Section 2 of this 2017 act. B. The board may impose a license renewal surcharge for each nursing license renewed
in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) to implement and maintain the nursing
excellence program. The surcharge shall be used as follows: (1) fifty percent of each license renewal surcharge shall be deposited in the nursing
excellence fund to be used by the board to carry out the provisions of Paragraph (1)
of Subsection A of this section; and (2) fifty percent of each license renewal surcharge shall be appropriated to the higher
education department in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of this 2017 act
to fund loan repayment assistance for nurses in advanced practice who practice in
areas of New Mexico that the higher education department has designated as underserved. C. The board shall transfer the portion of the license renewal surcharge to be appropriated
to the higher education department in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph
(2) of Subsection B of this section by July 1, 2018 and by each July 1 thereafter.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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