• Mission Statement

The mission of the New Mexico Physical Therapy Board is to actively promote, regulate, and protect the health of all stakeholders in New Mexico through effective oversight of the profession of Physical Therapy, including all aspects related to licensure, revision of the rules and regulations, and promoting the public’s best interest for those services it seeks.

• Objectives of Mission

Objectives included for the New Mexico Physical Therapy Board needed to meet its mission include:

• Ensuring that those individual’s practicing physical therapy, in the state of NewMexico, have sufficient education, training, professional ethics and competence, supported through the rules and statues to govern that practice.
• Ensure that the responsibility of the Board uphold their ability to investigatE and discipline those licensees whose practice does not meet the minimum standard of care, as outlined in the rules and statues, and with congruency with APTA and FSBPT guidelines, to provide quality care.
•  Ensure that the current standards of practice, for physical therapy, are reflected and supported through the advocacy of the Board and their administration, per the Bylaws for physical therapy practice, in the state of  New Mexico.
•  Ensure the transparency of the Board’s functions and operations and provide information about licensees current status to practice and those disciplined and the laws governing their practice for physical therapy.
•  Ensure that all Board activities achieve and maintain the highest possible level of organizational efficiency, to meet its mission in the protection of all stakeholders.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

NOTICE TO ALL LICENSEES REGARDING PAY PAL MIGRATION:

Beginning July 15, 2019, there will be a 2.5% transaction fee applied to all online license, registration and renewal fees paid to the Regulation and Licensing Department with a credit card, this fee is paid directly as a bank transaction fee, it is not paid to the Regulation and Licensing Department.  The Regulation and Licensing Department is working on development of an electronic check (e-check) payment option that will also be available in the near future.  Use of the e-check option will not result in any transaction fees.  Thank you.

***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.