New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 12 - NURSING AND HEALTH CARE RELATED PROVIDERS
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 16.12.1.12 - COMMITTEES

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.12.1.12

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

A. Advisory function: To assist and advise the board in its functions and mission, the board may appoint and utilize, at its discretion, advisory committees consisting of at least one board member and at least two members that are experts in the pertinent field to assist in the performance of the board's duties pursuant to authority under Section 61-3-10 NMSA 1978 of the Nursing Practice Act. Any committee serving the board shall have a purely advisory role and shall not have any policymaking authority of any kind.

B. Membership: Except as otherwise provided in the board's rules, the board has absolute discretion with respect to the number of individuals who may serve on a committee, provided that in no case shall a quorum of the members of the board serve on a committee.

C. Duties and responsibilities: The board shall annually, at an open meeting, review the duties and responsibilities of each committee and subsequently provide each committee with written objectives to satisfy within the following year.

D. Except as otherwise provided in the board's statute or rules membership is conditioned on the following:

(1) Committee members serve terms that are no more than two-years each.

(2) The board may reappoint committee members to serve additional terms.

(3) Service on a committee is voluntary, and the member may resign from the committee at any time upon written notification to the executive director.

(4) Advisory committee members may be reimbursed as provided in the per diem and Mileage Act at the approval of the director.

(5) Termination of membership:
(a) Members of committees serve at the pleasure of the board, and the board may remove a member from a committee at any board meeting.

(b) The executive director may automatically terminate an individual's membership on a committee if the member fails to attend three consecutive committee meetings.

E. Any committee shall, if ordered by the executive director or the board, meet virtually rather than in person as a means of achieving greater efficiency and productivity.

F. Standing committees: Committees established by rule shall not require reauthorization. Any committee created outside of the rules requires reauthorization of the board each fiscal year.

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