New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 39 - ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING PRACTITIONERS
Part 5 - SURVEYING-APPLICATIONS, EXAMINATIONS, PRACTICE OF SURVEYING, SEAL OF LICENSEE
Section 16.39.5.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY
Subsection B of Section 61-23-10 NMSA 1978 prescribes that "the board shall have the power to adopt and amend all bylaws and rules of procedure consistent with the constitution and the laws of this state that may be reasonable for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation of its procedures, meeting records, examinations and the conduct thereof. The board shall adopt and promulgate rules of professional responsibility for professional engineers and professional surveyors that are not exclusive to the practice of engineering or exclusive to the practice of surveying." Subsection D of 61-23-10 NMSA 1978 states "the professional surveying committee shall adopt and promulgate rules of professional responsibility exclusive to the practice of surveying. All such bylaws and rules shall be binding upon all persons licensed pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act."