N.M. Stat. § 59A-11-1
Scope of article.
A. Chapter 59A, Article 11 NMSA 1978 provides procedures for licensing insurance
producers, surplus line brokers and adjusters; agents of prepaid dental plans; agents of
nonprofit health care plans; bail bondsmen and their solicitors; registration of motor club
representatives; licensing of insurance securities salespersons; and applications for,
qualifying examinations, and issuance of, duration, continuation, and termination of all
such licenses and registrations. For the purposes of that article, all such licenses and
registrations are referred to as "licenses".
B. Chapter 59A, Article 11 NMSA 1978 shall also apply to all additional categories
of persons operating in insurance fields and related fields as administrators,
consultants, appraisers, or in whatever similar capacity, under laws now or hereafter
enacted, the licensing and supervision of whom is delegated to the superintendent.
C. Definitions, requirement of licenses, qualifications for license, and other
requirements and provisions as to insurance producers, adjusters, bail bondsmen and
their solicitors, motor club representatives, and other categories referred to in
Subsection B of this section, shall be as provided in subsequent articles in the
Insurance Code now or hereafter respectively dealing with such categories; provided
that "insurance producer" means a person required to be licensed under the laws of this
state to sell, solicit or negotiate insurance.