New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 5 - DENTISTRY (DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, ETC.)
Part 2 - IMPAIRED PRACTITIONER PROGRAM
Section 16.5.2.11 - ACTION ON THE REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE
The recommendations by the examining committee are advisory and are not binding on the board. The board or the dental hygienists committee may accept or reject a recommendation by the committee to permit a licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene with or without any restrictions or may refer the matter back to the examining committee for further examination or report. In the absence of a voluntary agreement for restriction of her/her license, a licensee shall be entitled to a hearing before the board in accordance with the procedures in the Uniform Licensing Act and a determination on the evidence as to whether or not restriction, suspension or revocation of licensure shall be imposed.