IMPORTANT LICENSING INFORMATION

Please see important licensing information below.

Licensure: All new applicants for licensure in New Mexico [and Arizona] are required to submit fingerprints for a federal criminal background check. In addition, it is essential that prospective students be informed that the New Mexico Board of Nursing (NMBON) may deny, revoke or suspend any license held or applied for under the Nursing Practice Act, upon grounds that the licensee or applicant has been involved in any of the following actions:
1.    is guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license or certificate of registration;
2.    is convicted of a felony;
3.    is unfit or incompetent;
4.    is intemperate or is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs;
5.    is mentally incompetent;
6.    is guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 3 NMSA 1978].
7.    has willfully or repeatedly violated any provisions of the Nursing Practice Act [Chapter 61, Article 3 NMSA 1978] including any rule or regulation adopted by the board pursuant to that act; or
8.    was licensed to practice nursing in any jurisdiction, territory or possession of the United States or another country and was the subject of disciplinary action as a licensee for acts described in the subsection. A certified copy of the record of the jurisdiction, territory or possession of the United Stated or another country taking the disciplinary action is conclusive evidence of the action.