New Mexico Statutes Chapter 61. Professional and Occupational Licenses § 61-3-10.2. Medication aides

(1) practice as a certified medication aide; or

(2) use the titles “certified medication aide” or “medication aide” or any other title, abbreviation, letters, figures, signs or devices to indicate or imply that the person is a certified medication aide.

(1) maintain a permanent register of all persons certified to practice as a certified medication aide;

(2) adopt rules for certified medication aide education and certification, including standards and curricula;

(3) adopt rules governing the supervision of certified medication aides by licensed nurses, including standards and performance evaluations of certified medication aides;

(4) conduct disciplinary hearings of certified medication aides or on the denial, suspension or revocation of certified medication aide certificates in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act; and

(5) grant approval to a certified medication aide training program that meets all the requirements set by the board and deny or withdraw approval from medication aide training programs that fail to meet prescribed standards or fail to maintain a current contract.

(1) for initial certification by initial or subsequent examination, a fee not to exceed sixty dollars ($60.00);

(2) for renewal of certification, a fee not to exceed sixty dollars ($60.00);

(3) for reactivation of a lapsed certificate after failure to renew a certificate or following board action, a fee not to exceed sixty dollars ($60.00);

(4) for initial review and approval of a training program, a fee not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300);

(5) for subsequent review and approval of a training program that has changed, a fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

(6) for subsequent review and approval of a training program when a change has been required by a change in board policy or rules, a fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(7) for periodic evaluation of a training program, a fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200).