What’s Changing for New Mexico Esthetics Schools and Instructors
Curriculum and CE changes you need to know
Legislative Updates for New Mexico
New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department-Barbers and Cosmetologists
PO Box 25101Santa Fe, NM 87504
Phone: 505-476-4622 | Fax: 505-476-4545 | Website: rld.state.nm.us/ | Email: barber.cosmoboard@rld.nm.gov
Training hours required from a licensed esthetics school/program: 600
New Mexico Proposes New Cosmetology Rules
Deadline to comment: December 8, 2022
New Mexico Increases Cosmetology Fees
Effective April 15, 2022 New Mexico addresses final rules affecting cosmetology
New Mexico COVID-19 Update: Permission to Practice June 1, 2020
06/01/2020New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Kunkel issued a Public Health Emergency Order (https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/060120-PHO.pdf) today, permitting close contact businesses, including barbershops, hair salons, nail salons, massage therapy establishments, and esthetician clinics, to resume business operations June 1, 2020, at 25 percent occupancy.
New Mexico Massage Licensing Update: HB 155
02/21/2020New Mexico massage therapy establishment licensing did not make it through the legislative process before 2020 legislative session ended.
New Massage Therapy Rules in New Mexico: 16.7 NMAC
01/08/2020The New Mexico Massage Therapy Board adopted several new rule changes effective November 15, 2019.