New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 16 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 24 - DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES FOR IMPAIRED PRACTITIONER
Section 16.16.24.23 - TEMPORARY SUSPENSION

A. The board may temporarily suspend the optometrist's license without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under the Impaired Health Care Provider Act or the Uniform Licensing Act, if it finds that the evidence in support of the examining committee's determination is clear and convincing and that the optometrist's continuation in practice would constitute an imminent danger to the health and safety of the public.

B. The optometrist shall be entitled to a hearing to set aside the suspension no later than sixty days after the license is suspended.