In New Mexico, may a non-clinical owner or manager be paid a share of revenue?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
Not directly — nothing in the cited rules bars non-clinical ownership, but fee splitting is unprofessional conduct that can cost a licensee their license, and the rules never define it, so a cut of clinical fees is exposed.
(16) fee splitting;
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-6-15(D)(16) (Unprofessional or dishonorable conduct) · verified Sep 4, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what New Mexico says on this
The Medical Practice Act, Sections 61-6-1 through 61-6-35 NMSA 1978, was surveyed in full as published by the New Mexico Medical Board. It contains no corporate-practice-of-medicine provision: no requirement that a practice be organized as a professional corporation, and no restriction on who may own an interest in one. The terms "corporation", "shareholder", "partnership" and "limited liability" do not occur in the Act. Its restrictions attach to the practice of medicine and to licensee conduct rather than to business ownership.
N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 61-6-1 to 61-6-35 (Medical Practice Act), read in full — absence claim · verified Sep 4, 2026
“Unprofessional or dishonorable conduct”, as used in this section, means, but is not limited to because of enumeration, conduct of a licensee that includes the following: (1) procuring, aiding or abetting an illegal procedure;
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-6-15(D)(1) (License may be refused, revoked or suspended) · verified Sep 4, 2026
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