New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 5 - DISCIPLINARY POWER OF THE BOARD
Section 16.10.5.15 - SUMMARY SUSPENSION

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.10.5.15

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

This is a formal preliminary disciplinary action that summarily suspends a licensee's right to practice. The summary suspension remains in effect until a further order of the board is entered. The licensee has an opportunity for a full hearing before the board on the summary suspension.

A. The board may summarily suspend or restrict a license issued by the board without a hearing, simultaneously with, or at any time after, the issuance of a notice of contemplated action (NCA) and the initiation of proceedings for a hearing provided for under the Uniform Licensing Act on the NCA, if the board finds that evidence in its possession indicates that the licensee:

(1) poses a clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety if the licensee continues to practice; or

(2) has been adjudged mentally incompetent by a final order or adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(3) has pled guilty to or been found guilty of any offense related to their practice or for any violent criminal offense in this state or a substantially equivalent criminal offense in another U.S. jurisdiction.

B. A licensee is not required to comply with a summary action until service of the action has been made personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the licensee's address of record maintained by the board, or the licensee has actual knowledge of the order, whichever occurs first. The board's executive director may sign a summary suspension order that the board has authorized.

C. A licensee whose license is summarily suspended is entitled to a hearing before the board on the summary suspension order, pursuant to the Uniform Licensing Act, within 15 days from the date the licensee requests a hearing. This hearing request shall be in writing, addressed to the board, delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested.

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