N.M. Stat. § 61-4-6 (2026)

license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)
   A. The board shall recognize successful completion of all parts of the examination
conducted by the national board of chiropractic examiners.

    B. The board shall examine each applicant in the act of chiropractic adjusting,
procedures and methods as shall reveal the applicant's qualifications; provided that the
board may waive the requirement for the board-administered examination upon proof of
satisfactory completion of the examination conducted by the national board of
chiropractic examiners.

    C. The board shall issue a license to all applicants whose applications have been
filed with and approved by the board and who have paid the required fees and passed
either the board-administered examination with a general average of not less than
seventy-five percent with no subject below sixty-five percent or the examination
conducted by the national board of chiropractic examiners with a general average of not
less than seventy-five percent with no subject below sixty-five percent. A license shall
be refused to an applicant who fails to make application as provided in this section, fails
the examination or fails to pay the required fees.

    D. The license, when granted by the board, carries with it the title of doctor of
chiropractic and entitles the holder to diagnose using any necessary diagnostic
procedures, excluding invasive procedures, except as provided by the board by rule,
and treat injuries, deformities or other physical or mental conditions relating to the basic
concepts of chiropractic by the use of any methods as provided in this section, including
but not limited to palpating, diagnosing, adjusting and treating injuries and defects of
human beings by the application of manipulative, manual and mechanical means,
including all natural agencies imbued with the healing act, such as food, water, heat,
cold, electricity and mechanical appliances, herbs, nutritional supplements and
homeopathic remedies, but excluding operative surgery and prescription or use of
controlled or dangerous drugs. The holder may also supervise the use of any natural
agencies imbued with the healing act, such as food, water, heat, cold, electricity,
mechanical appliances, herbs, nutritional supplements and homeopathic remedies
administered by a chiropractic assistant.

   E. Failure to display the license shall be grounds for the suspension of the license to
practice chiropractic until so displayed and shall subject the licensee to the penalties for
practicing without a license.
    F. The board shall certify a chiropractic physician as a "certified advanced practice
chiropractic physician" when the chiropractic physician has demonstrated completion of
advanced coursework and met other requirements established in the Chiropractic
Physician Practice Act and by rule of the board.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-3-14, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 3, § 6; 1975, ch. 176, § 2;
1983, ch. 187, § 3; 1993, ch. 198, § 6; 2006, ch. 18, § 3; 2008, ch. 44, § 10.

                                    ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-4-17 NMSA 1978.

The 2008 amendment, effective May 14, 2008, added "certified advanced practice
chiropractic physician" in Subsection F.

The 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, added the provision in Subsection A
that the board shall recognize completion of the examination conducted by the national
board of chiropractic examiners; added the provision in Subsection B to permit the
board to waive the requirement for the board-administered examination upon proof of
satisfactory completion of the examination of the national board of chiropractic
examiners and added the provision in Subsection C that the board shall issue a license
to an applicant who passes the examination conducted by the national board of
chiropractic examiners with an average of not less that seventy-five percent with no
subject below sixty-five percent.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, rewrote this section to the extent that a
detailed comparison is impracticable.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Limitation on right of chiropractors and
osteopathic physicians to participate in public medical welfare programs, 8 A.L.R.4th
1056.

70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers § 20.