N.M. Admin. Code § 16.20.11.14 - NOTICE OF CONTEMPLATED ACTION
A. All disciplinary proceedings will be
conducted in accordance with the Uniform licensing Act.
B. The board chair, or his/her designee, will
serve as hearing officer for disciplinary proceedings for the purpose of
administering pre-hearing procedural matters. The hearing officer will be fully
authorized to make all necessary procedural decisions on behalf of the board,
including, but not limited to, matters related to discovery, continuances, time
extensions, amendment, pre-hearing conferences, and proposed findings of fact
and conclusions of law.
C. The
hearing officer may make such orders as he or she determines may be necessary
to implement the authority conferred by Subsection B of
16.20.11.14 NMAC above, including
but not limited to discovery schedules, pleading schedules, and briefing
schedules.
D. No party will engage
in ex-parte communications with the hearing officer or any member of the board
in any matter in which a notice of contemplated action has been
issued.
E. Licensees and
registrants who have been found culpable and sanctioned by the board will be
responsible for the payments of all costs of the disciplinary
proceedings.
F. Following the
board's order for suspending or revoking the license, any license or
registration, including a wall certificate, issued by the board and
subsequently suspended or revoked will be promptly returned to the board
office, but no later than 30 days of receipt of such order, by the licensee or
registrant of the board's order suspending or revoking the license.
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