Every program with clinicals, from nursing and radiography to respiratory therapy, surgical technology, medical lab, PTA and OTA, dental hygiene, EMS and medical assisting, answers to each clinical site’s own requirement list. This page collects verified New Mexico facts for program directors and clinical coordinators, including the New Mexico Board of Nursing, with a link to each official source, and shows how Drug Free Schools helps.
New Mexico facts for program directors
- Board of Nursing. The New Mexico Board of Nursing is the state agency that licenses APRNs, RNs and LPNs and regulates nursing education programs. (source)
- Board of Nursing. All nursing programs in New Mexico must attain and maintain approval from the New Mexico Board of Nursing, which posts a list of pre-licensure programs and their approval statuses. (source)
- Licensure background check. Applicants for initial New Mexico nursing licensure or endorsement must provide fingerprints for a state and national criminal background check. (source)
- Licensure background check. New Mexico Board of Nursing applicant fingerprints are submitted to Idemia through its IdentoGO platform. (source)
- Allied health. The New Mexico Environment Department's Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Program licenses medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals and offers a public register to verify licensees. (source)
- Allied health. The New Mexico Department of Health EMS Bureau licenses EMS personnel through an online licensing portal only. (source)
Checked 18 October 2026 against each official source. Rules change; confirm with the agency, your accreditor and your clinical sites.
What this means for your program
Most compliance problems are found the week rotations start: a titer that was never uploaded, a CPR card that expired over the break, a background check still pending. A system that reviews every document as it arrives and reminds students before anything expires moves that work weeks earlier. Your clinical sites and affiliation agreements still decide the exact list; the free requirements checklist covers what programs most often collect.
How Drug Free Schools helps New Mexico programs
One clinical compliance tracking portal for every program at your school ($30 per student, one time; every upload reviewed within 24 hours), plus drug screens on campus or at any Quest location, name-based background checks and on-campus N95 fit testing. See pricing.
Drug Free Schools does not take fingerprints. Our background checks are name-based. If the New Mexico Board of Nursing or a clinical site requires a fingerprint check, students use the provider it names, such as Fieldprint, IdentoGO or the local police department.
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Frequently asked questions
Who approves nursing programs in New Mexico?
The New Mexico Board of Nursing. Its list of approved nursing programs is on the board’s website.
What does New Mexico require on criminal history for nursing licensure?
Applicants for initial New Mexico nursing licensure or endorsement must provide fingerprints for a state and national criminal background check. That licensure step is separate from the name-based background check students complete before clinicals.
Do you take fingerprints?
No. Our background checks are name-based. If the New Mexico Board of Nursing or a clinical site requires fingerprints, students use the provider it names, such as Fieldprint or IdentoGO, or their local police department.
Sources
- About | New Mexico Board of Nursing
- Approval & Accreditation | NM Board of Nursing
- Fingerprinting/Idemia | NM Board of Nursing
- Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Program | NMED
- EMS Licensing | NM Department of Health
This page summarizes New Mexico agency and official pages as checked on 18 October 2026, with a link to each source. Rules change; confirm with the agency, your school, your accreditor and your clinical sites. Nothing on this page is legal advice. Quest Diagnostics, Fieldprint and IdentoGO are trademarks of their respective owners.