N.M. Admin. Code § 13.21.4.15 - CONTINUANCES

A. At the request of a party, a witness, or upon the hearing officer's own determination, a hearing may be continued for good cause. The hearing officer shall consider only written continuance requests made at least three working days prior to the scheduled hearing absent extraordinary, unforeseen circumstances that the requesting party or witness could not have known earlier. An order to grant or deny the request may be issued prior to the scheduled hearing or if there is insufficient time to issue an order prior to the scheduled hearing, the hearing officer may grant or deny the request on the record at the hearing. No continuance request may be granted unless there is adequate time to provide notice to the parties, subpoena witnesses and conduct the rescheduled hearing before expiration of any statutory jurisdictional deadline.

B. Within the jurisdictional time limits set by statute, the superintendent or hearing officer may sua sponte continue any matter as necessary to address OSI, staffing needs, to ensure efficient and adequate use of state resources, and to manage the hearing docket. To this end, the hearing officer may contact the parties to inquire about the status of a scheduled case.

C. No case shall be continued, even with a showing of good cause or an emergency circumstance, beyond any mandatory, applicable jurisdictional time limit on the case.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 13.21.4.15

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXX, Issue 04, February 26, 2019, eff. 3/1/2019, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXX, Issue 08, April 23, 2019, eff. 4/30/2019, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, December 14, 2021, eff. 1/1/2022