A health care provider whose license, registration or certification has been restricted, suspended or revoked pursuant to provisions of the Impaired Health Care Provider Act, voluntarily or by action of the board, shall have a right, at reasonable intervals, to petition for reinstatement and to demonstrate that the health care provider can resume the competent practice with reasonable skill and safety to patients. Petition shall be made in writing and on a form prescribed by the board. Action of the board on the petition shall be initiated by referral to and examination by an examining committee pursuant to the provisions of Sections 61-7-4 and 61-7-5 NMSA 1978. The board may, in its discretion and upon written recommendation of the examining committee, restore the license, registration or certification of the health care provider on a general or limited basis.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-42-9, enacted by Laws 1976, ch. 3, § 9; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 67-8A-9; 1993, ch. 326, § 6; 1995, ch. 96, § 9.
The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, substituted "health care provider" for "physician" throughout the section; inserted "registration or certification" in two places; and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, made stylistic changes throughout the section.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61 Am. Jur. 2d Physicians, Surgeons and Other Healers §§ 74 to 120.
70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers § 52.
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