Respiratory Care: Overview
BOARD NEWS AND INFORMATION:
***NOTICE REGARDING CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS***
Effective December 1, 2017
*As of Friday, December 1, 2017, RLD will no longer accept Credit Card payments in person at RLD offices, nor by electronic mail (email), or direct mail.
*RLD will continue to accept checks and money orders (no cash) at all RLD offices (Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces) or by direct mail. However, please do not send Credit Card information to RLD by electronic mail (e-mail) or by direct mail. On and after December 1, 2017, credit card information received via email or regular mail will be destroyed without processing.
*RLD will continue to accept Credit Card payments through our existing secure online systems that can be accessed via the Internet from your home, place of business, or mobile Internet device.
*No credit card breach of data incidents have occurred to date. However, RLD is changing credit card processing to ensure a secure system is maintained in the future.
Renewal notices will be sent via email every renewal cycle, so if you have not been contacted by the Board office please provide an email to the Board email (RespiratoryCareBd@state.nm.us). ASAP.
The Board licenses respiratory therapy technicians, and respiratory therapists. It ensures that the respiratory care practice professionals in New Mexico are properly trained and qualified to provide complex medical procedures in the area of cardiopulmonary technology.
Requirements for licensure include successful passing of a national standards exam developed and administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care, Inc. (NBRC). The NBRC maintains a Disciplinary Databank to which licensing jurisdictions report final disciplinary actions taken against respiratory care practitioners. The Board checks this databank for information on all licensure applicants as final qualifying criteria before issuing licenses. “Final disciplinary action” refers to any action that has the effect of revoking, restricting, suspending, or otherwise adversely affecting an RCP's license, registration, certification, or any other such privilege to provide respiratory care services.
For more information contact:
New Mexico Respiratory Care Advisory Board
Toney Anaya Building
2550 Cerrillos Road, Second Floor
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
(505) 476-4965 Main Line
(505) 476-4545 Fax
RespiratoryCareBd@state.nm.us
NOTE: Please mail all correspondence to:
PO BOX 25101
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
***If you mail is being processed as CERTIFIED, UPS, FED EX please mail to the physical address noted above***
Board Staff
Cynthia Salazar, Board Administrator/Compliance Liaision
Legal Counsel
Susan Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General
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