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 16.10.6.17 - PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Section 61-1-9 NMSA 1978, or upon the motion of a party, the board or hearing officer may conduct a pre-hearing conference. At the conference the parties shall determine the feasibility of settlement, formulate or simplify the issues in the proceeding, consider the necessity or desirability of amending the pleadings, obtain admissions and stipulations of fact, place limitations upon or determine the number of witnesses, distribute written testimony and exhibits, and dispose of such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the case. The board shall give all parties at least 10 days notice of the pre-hearing conference, provided however that parties may waive the 10 day notice requirement. Any settlement or simplification of issues resulting from the pre-hearing conference must be consented to by the licensee or applicant.