New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 6 - BOXING, WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 15.6.1.16 - INSPECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The commission operates in compliance with the Inspection of Public Records Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 14-2-1 through 14-2-12. The commission's administrator is the custodian of the commission's records. The commission may provide copies of public records upon request and upon payment of a reasonable copying fee. No person shall remove commission documents from the commission office. The commission maintains files for all applicants. Information in the applicant's file is a matter of public record except for the following:
A. medical reports, records of chemical dependency, physical or mental examinations;
B. complaints, and investigative files obtained during the course of an investigation or processing of a complaint, and before the vote of the commission as to whether to dismiss the complaint or to issue a notice of contemplated action as provided in the Uniform Licensing Act, NMSA 1978, Section 61-1-1 et seq., and in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation of the complaints, records and documents that reveal confidential sources, methods, information or licensees accused, but not yet charged with a violation, such records shall include evidence in any form received or compiled in connection with any such investigation of the complaint or of the licensee by or on behalf of the commission by any investigating agent or agency; upon the completion of the investigation or processing of the complaint, AND upon the decision of the commission to dismiss the complaint or to issue a notice of contemplated action, the confidentiality privilege shall dissolve, and the records, documents or other evidence pertaining to the complaint and to the investigation of the complaint shall be available for public inspection; and
C. any other records excepted from disclosure pursuant to the Inspection of Public Records Act.
