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§ 24-36-4 NMSA 1978

Use of the "credentialed doula" designation; unauthorized practice

Known as the Doula Credentialing and Access Act

The act spans §§ 24-36-1 to 24-36-8 (8 sections).

Laws 2025, ch. 20, § 4.

A. In order to use the title "credentialed doula" or other designation that indicates that an individual is a credentialed doula, the individual shall be credentialed pursuant to the provisions of the Doula Credentialing and Access Act.

B. To ensure compliance with the provisions of the Doula Credentialing and Access Act or any rule that the secretary has adopted and promulgated pursuant to that act, the department may issue cease-and-desist orders to persons who violate the provisions of the Doula Credentialing and Access Act.

C. A credentialed doula shall engage only in those activities authorized pursuant to the Doula Credentialing and Access Act and by rules adopted and promulgated pursuant to that act. While engaging in practice as a credentialed doula, an individual shall not engage in or perform any act or service for which another professional certificate, license or other legal authority is required. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or restrict the practice, service or activities of an individual simultaneously credentialed as a credentialed doula and licensed, certified, registered or otherwise legally authorized in the state to engage in the practice of another profession if that individual does not, while engaged in the authorized practice of another profession, use any name, title or other designation indicating that the individual is a credentialed doula.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.