SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 441

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

AN ACT

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES; RELIEVING A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY A FEE TO THE NEW MEXICO MEDICAL BOARD FOR AN INITIAL LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN NEW MEXICO.

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

     Section 1. A new section of the Medical Practice Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] INITIAL LICENSE FEE WAIVED.--A physician who applies for licensure in New Mexico for the first time and who is a veteran who has been honorably discharged from a branch of the United States armed forces is exempt from the payment of the license fee for the physician's initial license."

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