New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 11 - MIDWIVES
Part 2 - CERTIFIED NURSE - MIDWIVES
Section 16.11.2.13 - ADVISORY BOARD

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.11.2.13

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

The department shall appoint a CNM advisory board to make recommendations to the department regarding the regulation of CNMs:

A. The board may be comprised of:

(1) up to four New Mexico licensed CNMs, at least two of whom are actively practicing midwifery;

(2) one New Mexico licensed midwife (LM) who is actively practicing midwifery;

(3) two members of the general public, who shall not have any significant financial interest, direct or indirect, in the profession regulated;

(4) one actively practicing New Mexico licensed board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist physician;

(5) one student nurse-midwife, who may continue to serve out their term following graduation; and

(6) one employee of the division.

B. Board members other than the department representative shall be appointed for staggered terms up to three years in length. Board members shall serve on a voluntary basis without compensation. They shall not serve for more than two consecutive terms; a student nurse-midwife who has completed their education is not eligible for a second term as the student member. The department representative shall not be subject to term limits.

C. The board shall meet a minimum of two times a year when a meeting of the board is called by the director of the division.

D. Board members may submit requests for reimbursement of in-state travel and per diem for attending board meetings in accordance with the Per Diem and Mileage Act, Section 10-8-1 to -8 NMSA 1978 and the department of finance administration rules, Section 2.42.2 NMAC.

E. Any member failing to attend two consecutive board meetings without good cause and an absence excused prior to the meetings shall be deemed to have resigned from the board.

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