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 16.10.6.29 - PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT COMPLIANCE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
This section is adopted pursuant to the Parental Responsibility Act Sections 40-5A-1 through 40-5A-13 NMSA 1978. If an applicant for licensure or a licensee is identified by the state of New Mexico human services department (HSD) as not in compliance with a judgment and order for support relating to child support proceedings, the board shall have grounds to deny an application for a license, deny the renewal of a license or to suspend or revoke a license and shall initiate a notice of contemplated action (NCA) in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act, Sections 61-1-1 through 61-1-3 NMSA 1978, subject to the following procedures.
A. Upon receipt of HSD's certified list of obligors not in compliance with a judgment and order for support, the board shall match the obligors' names against the board's list of licensees and applicants.
B. By the end of the month in which the certified list is received, the board shall report to HSD the names of board applicants and licensees who are on the certified list and the action the board has taken in connection with such applicants and licensees.
C. Upon determination that an applicant or licensee appears on the certified list, the board shall issue a formal letter giving the licensee until the next certified list is received from HSD to provide the board with a statement of compliance from HSD. If the applicant or licensee fails to provide this statement in the specified time, the board shall, upon its own motion, issue a notice of contemplated action (NCA) in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act.
D. If an applicant or licensee disagrees with the determination of non-compliance, or wishes to come into compliance, the applicant or licensee shall contact the HSD child support enforcement division.
E. In any hearing under this section, relevant evidence is limited to the following: A statement of non-compliance from HSD is conclusive evidence that requires the board to take the appropriate action under the Parental Responsibility Act, unless the applicant or licensee provides the board with a statement of compliance from HSD, which shall preclude the board from taking action under this section.
F. When a disciplinary action is taken under this section solely because the applicant or licensee is not in compliance with a judgment and order for support, the board order shall state that the application or license shall be reinstated upon presentation of a subsequent statement of compliance from HSD. The board may also include any other conditions necessary to comply with board requirements for reapplications or reinstatement of lapsed licenses.
