Chapter 11 — Chapter 11

(Contingent repeal. See note below.) The "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact" is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of New Mexico with any and all other states legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: "INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT ARTICLE 1 -…

Sections 1 through 16 [11-22-1 to 11-22-16 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact". History: Laws 2026, ch. 6, § 1.

commission. A. The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact, known as the "social work licensure compact commission". The commission is an instrumentality of the member…

A. The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation and utilization of a coordinated data system. B. The commission shall assign each applicant for a multistate license a unique identifier, as determined by the rules of the commission. C. Notwithstanding a…

A. The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of this compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule is i…

A. The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. B. Except as to judicial proceedings for the enforcement of this compact among member states, indivi…

A. This compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state. B. On or after the effective date of this compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven member states to de…

A. This compact and the commission's rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, implementation and administration of this compact. Provisions of this compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be constru…

A. A licensee providing services in a remote state under a multistate authorization to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including laws, regulations and applicable standards, of the remote state where a client is located at the time care is rendered. B. Nothing i…

As used in the Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact [Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact]: A. "active military member" means any person with full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve; B. "ad…

A. To be eligible to participate in the compact, a potential member state shall: (1) license and regulate the practice of social work at the clinical, master's or bachelor's category; (2) require applicants for licensure to graduate from a program that: (a) is operated by a colle…

A. To be eligible for a multistate license under the terms and provisions of this compact, an applicant, regardless of category, shall: (1) hold or be eligible for an active unencumbered license in the home state; (2) pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the mult…

A. Upon receipt of an application for a multistate license, the home state licensing authority shall determine an applicant's eligibility for a multistate license in accordance with Section 4 [11-22-4 NMSA 1978] of the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact. B. If an applicant …

licensing authorities. A. Nothing in the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be construed to limit, restrict or in any way reduce the ability of a member state to enact and enforce laws, regulations or other rules related to the practic…

A. A licensee can hold a multistate license issued by the licensee's home state in only one member state at any given time. B. If a licensee changes the licensee's home state by moving between two member states: (1) the licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of the l…

An active military member or the spouse of an active military member shall designate a home state where the individual has a multistate license. The active military member or the spouse of an active military member may retain the home state designation during the period the servi…

A. In addition to the powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with state due process law, to take adverse action against a regulated social worker's multistate authorization to practice only within the member state and issue subpoenas…