NMSA 11-22-7. Reissuance of a multistate license by a new home state
AI-assisted research summary: A licensee may hold only one multistate license at a time. If the licensee changes home states between member states, the licensee must apply immediately for reissuance, pay applicable fees, and notify the prior home state.
11-22-7. Reissuance of a multistate license by a new home state. A. A licensee can hold a multistate license issued by the licensee's home state in only one member state at any given time. B. If a licensee changes the licensee's home state by moving between two member states: (1) the licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of the licensee's multistate license in the licensee's new home state. The licensee shall pay all applicable fees and notify the prior home state in accordance with the rules of the commission; (2) upon receipt of an application to reissue a multistate license, the new home state shall verify that the multistate license is active, unencumbered and eligible for reissuance under the terms of the compact and the rules of the commission. The multistate license issued by the prior home state shall be deactivated, and all member states shall be notified in accordance with the applicable rules adopted by the commission; (3) prior to the reissuance of the multistate license, the new home state shall conduct procedures for considering the criminal history records of the licensee. The procedures shall include the submission of fingerprints or other biometric-based information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining an applicant's criminal history record information from the federal bureau of investigation and the agency responsible for retaining that state's criminal records; (4) if required for initial licensure, the new home state may require completion of jurisprudence requirements in the new home state; and (5) notwithstanding any other provision of this compact, if a licensee does not meet the requirements set forth in this compact for the reissuance of a multistate license by the new home state, the licensee shall be subject to the new home state requirements for the issuance of a single state license in that state. C. If a licensee changes the licensee's primary state of residence by moving from a member state to a non-member state, or from a non-member state to a member state, then the licensee shall be subject to the state requirements for the issuance of a single state license in the new home state. D. Nothing in the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact shall interfere with a licensee's ability to hold a single state license in multiple states; provided that, for the purposes of the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, a licensee shall have only one home state and only one multistate license. E. Nothing in the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact shall interfere with the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single state license. History: Laws 2026, ch. 6, § 7.