The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [Chapter 28, Article 2 NMSA 1978] shall govern any consideration of criminal records required or permitted by the Medical Practice Act and to all health care practitioners over which the board has licensure authority. History: 1953 Comp., § 67-5-4.1, enacted by Laws 1974, ch. 78, § 15; 1978 Comp., § 61-6-11, recompiled as § 61-6-12 by Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 8; 2021, ch. 54, § 29. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 32 repealed former 61-6-12 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1979, ch. 63, § 2, relating to examinations, licenses without examination, and temporary licenses, effective July 1, 1989. For present comparable provisions, see 61-6-13 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For criminal records screening for caregivers employed by care providers, see 29-17-2 to 29-17-5 NMSA 1978. The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, provided that the provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act govern any consideration of criminal records by the New Mexico medical board of health care practitioners over which the board has licensure authority; and after 'Medical Practice Act', added 'and to all health care practitioners over l records by the New Mexico medical board of health care practitioners over which the board has licensure authority; and after 'Medical Practice Act', added 'and to all health care practitioners over which the board has licensure authority'. The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, renumbered this section, which formerly was 61-6-11 NMSA 1978, and substituted 'the Medical Practice Act' for 'Sections 67-5-1 through 67-5-26 NMSA 1953'.
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