New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 6 - COMPLAINT PROCEDURE AND INSTITUTION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Section 16.10.6.10 - COMPLAINT COMMITTEE

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.10.6.10

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

The chair of the board shall appoint at least one member of the board to serve on each complaint committee. A complaint committee shall review each complaint charging a physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, genetic counselor, or polysomnographic technologist with unprofessional conduct or other violations under the Medical Practice Act.

A. The complaint committee may refer complaints to other board members or experts in the field for a determination of merit.

B. Upon completion of an investigation, the complaint committee shall submit its recommendations to the board. After submitting their recommendations to the board, the members of the complaint committee shall recuse themselves from all further proceedings in that case.

C. The complaint committee, on behalf of the board, may issue investigative subpoenas. Failure to comply with a subpoena may result in the initiation of a contempt procedure as set forth in 61-1-10 NMSA 1978 or in the service of a notice of contemplated action (NCA) pursuant Subsection D of Section 61-6-15 NMSA 1978.

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