New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 11 - LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 21 - LABOR UNIONS/LABOR RELATIONS
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 11.21.1.17 - EVIDENCE ADMISSIBLE

Universal Citation: 11 NM Admin Code 11.21.1.17

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. The technical rules of evidence shall not apply, but, in ruling of the admissibility of evidence, the hearing examiner or board may require reasonable substantiation of statements or records tendered, the accuracy or truth of which is in reasonable doubt.

B. Irrelevant, immaterial, unreliable, unduly repetitious or cumulative evidence, and evidence protected by the rules of privilege (such as attorney-client, physician-patient or special privilege) shall be excluded upon timely objection.

C. The hearing examiner or board may receive any evidence not objected to, or may, upon the hearing examiner's or board's own initiative, exclude such evidence if it is irrelevant, immaterial, unreliable, unduly repetitious, cumulative or privileged.

D. Evidence may be tentatively received by the hearing examiner or board, reserving a ruling on its admissibility until the issuance of a report or decision.

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