New
Mexico Register / Volume XXV, Number 1 / January 15, 2014
TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 25 VETERINARY MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS
PART 8 BOVINE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION AND PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS TECHNICIANS
16.25.8.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico
Board of Veterinary Medicine.
[16.25.8.1 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.1 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.2 SCOPE: Applies to
all bovine artificial insemination and pregnancy diagnosis technicians.
[16.25.8.2 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.2 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: NMSA 1978,
Section 61-14-5.
[16.25.8.3 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.3 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[16.25.8.4 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.4 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: 01-17-2014
unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.25.8.5 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.5 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.6 OBJECTIVE: To govern
instruction, examinations and issuing of permits for bovine artificial
insemination and pregnancy diagnosis.
[16.25.8.6 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.6 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
[16.25.8.7 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.7 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.8 PERMIT
REQUIREMENT:
Any person who provides bovine artificial insemination (AI) and bovine
pregnancy diagnosis (PD) services for compensation must possess a permit from
the board for each type of service.
A. Bovine
AI and bovine PD permits are separate.
An applicant may obtain a bovine AI permit, a bovine PD permit, or both.
B. The
bovine AI and PD permit year is January 1 through December 31 and renewals are
issued annually expiring on December 31 of each year.
[16.25.8.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.8 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.9 INSTRUCTION, EXAMINATIONS,
AND LICENSING:
A. To
obtain a bovine AI and bovine PD permit, an applicant must:
(1) Complete bovine AI and bovine PD instruction
given by the bovine AI and PD examiner or through another institution approved
by the board.
(a) To request board approval for a particular
bovine AI and PD course of instruction, an applicant must provide to the board
a course outline or description, including number of instructional contact
hours.
(b) At its next meeting, the board will make
its determination whether approval will be granted.
(2) Applicant must pass bovine AI and PD
written and proficiency examinations prepared and administered by the board or
its appointed agent(s). The purpose of
the examination(s) is to determine the knowledge and proficiency of each
applicant.
(3) Applicant must be recommended by the board
appointed examiner as qualified for the bovine AI and PD permit(s).
B. Upon
the examiner's recommendation, the board may issue a bovine AI and bovine PD
permit.
C. Each
bovine AI and PD permit applicant has one year in which to apply to the board
for a permit after passing the examination(s).
If the applicant does not apply for a permit within one year, applicant
must retake the examination(s).
D. Fees
for instruction are paid directly to the instructor or institution that
provides the instruction.
(1) Examination fees are paid directly to the
board appointed examiner; and
(2) Fees for initial bovine AI and PD permits
and annual renewals are paid to the board of veterinary medicine. A current list of fees relating to bovine
artificial insemination and bovine pregnancy diagnosis permits is also posted
at the board’s web site: www.nmbvm.org.
(a) Initial permit: each permit, bovine AI or
bovine PD - $75.
(b) Annual permit renewal: each permit, bovine
AI or bovine PD - $75.
(c) Late-renewal penalty fees:
(i) postal postmarked
after December 31 but no later than January 31 - $50; or
(ii) postal
postmarked after January 31 - $75.
[16.25.8.9 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.9 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.10 PERMIT
RENEWAL:
A. Bovine
AI and bovine PD technicians must pass the proficiency or equivalent portion of
the bovine AI and PD examination every three years as determined by the board.
B. Bovine
AI and PD technicians are not required to accrue continuing education hours.
C. Before
the December 31 renewal date, the board office provides bovine AI and PD
technicians a renewal form to be completed and returned with the renewal fee.
D. If
a bovine AI and PD technician permit lapses and is not renewed within one year,
the applicant must re-take and pass the examination(s) before the technician
can obtain a new permit.
[16.25.8.10 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.10 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
16.25.8.11 DISPLAY OF PERMIT: A bovine AI
and PD technician shall have displayed at locations where bovine AI and bovine
PD services are performed, the original New Mexico bovine AI and bovine PD
certificate(s) and the current year permit renewal certificate(s).
[16.25.8.11 NMAC - Rp, 16.25.8.11 NMAC, 01-17-2014]
HISTORY OF 16.25.8 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History:
BVE 79-6, Rules Governing
Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Diagnosis Permits, 9-21-79.
BVE 88-6, Rules Governing
Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Diagnosis Permits, 10-14-88.
BVE 92-6, Rules Governing
Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Diagnosis Permits, 5-22-92.
BVE 93-6, Rules Governing
Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Diagnosis Permits, 6-3-93.
History of the Repealed Material:
16 NMAC
25.8, Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Diagnosis - Repealed, 10-12-00.
16.25.8 NMAC, Bovine
Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Diagnosis - Repealed effective 01-17-14.