SENATE BILL 998

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino

AN ACT

RELATING TO LICENSURE; PROVIDING A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD FOR VALIDITY OF PROVISIONAL LICENSURE; AMENDING THE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE ACT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 61-31-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, Chapter 51, Section 11) is amended to read:

     "61-31-11. PROVISIONAL LICENSURE.--Prior to examination, an applicant for licensure may obtain a provisional license to engage in social work practice as long as the applicant meets all the requirements, except examination, as prescribed in Section [10 of the Social Work Practice Act] 61-31-10 NMSA 1978 for the level of license sought. The provisional license is valid [until the results of the first qualifying written examination are available] for a period not to exceed one year."

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