New Mexico § 61-2-12 - License; display; renewal; retirement; resumption of practice

§ 61-2-12. License; display; renewal; retirement; resumption of practice

A. A person to whom a license as an optometrist has been issued shall display the

license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's principal office or place of business. B. A license shall be renewed annually on or before July 1. Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 , the licensee shall pay to the secretary-treasurer of the board the required fees. The board shall promulgate rules establishing additional requirements and procedures

for renewal of a license. It shall also promulgate rules establishing a fee schedule for renewal of a license,

but a specific fee shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). C. Failure to renew a license pursuant to this section terminates the optometrist's

authority to practice optometry, and the former licensee shall fulfill all current

requirements for licensing and therapeutic drug certification if application for licensing

or certification is made after termination. D. An optometrist who intends to retire from the practice of optometry shall notify

the board in writing before the expiration of the optometrist's license, and the secretary-treasurer

of the board shall acknowledge the receipt of the notice and record it. If within a period of five years from the year of retirement the optometrist desires

to resume practice, the optometrist shall notify the board in writing, and, upon giving

proof of completing refresher courses prescribed by rules of the board and the payment

of any required fees, the license shall be restored to the optometrist in full effect. E. Before engaging in the practice of optometry, a licensed optometrist shall notify

the secretary-treasurer of the board in writing of the address at which the optometrist

intends to begin practice and subsequently of changes in the optometrist's business

address or location. Notices the board is required to give a licensee shall legally have been given when

delivered to the latest address furnished by the licensee to the board.