New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 23 - RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS
Part 17 - GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
Section 16.23.17.15 - DISCIPLINARY HEARING
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The superintendent shall appoint a hearing officer preside over a disciplinary hearing. The hearing officer may decide non-dispositive motions filed prior to the hearing.
B. Following the issuance of a notice of contemplated action, the department, may enter into a settlement agreement with the respondent as a means of resolving a complaint.
C. Any temporary permit, wall license and renewal license issued by the department must be returned to the department subsequent to revocation or suspension. The permit or license(s) must be returned in person or by registered mail no later than 20 days after the suspension or revocation order by the department.
D. The respondent shall bear all costs of disciplinary proceedings unless the respondent is excused by the department from paying all or part of the fees, or if the respondent prevails at the hearing and an action specified in Section 61-1-1 -3 NMSA 1978 of the Uniform Licensing Act is not taken by the department.
