New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 62 - REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS
Part 13 - DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
Section 16.62.13.9 - REVIEW OF COMPLAINT
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The chairman of the board shall appoint at least one appraiser member of the board to evaluate each complaint filed with the board.
A. The board member appointee/evaluator shall also be chairperson of the complaint committee. The evaluation of complaints shall be completed by this person.
B. If the board member appointee or evaluator determines that there is insufficient information, lack of probable cause, lack of jurisdiction or if the complaint is determined to be frivolous, an investigation shall not be initiated and the complaint shall be referred to the board with a recommendation that the case be closed. If the chair of the complaint committee determines that the complaint merits further investigation, the complaint will be assigned to the complaint committee.
C. The complaint committee may perform a regulatory review of an appraisal that is the subject of a complaint. Complaint committee members shall be competent to perform a regulatory review of an appraisal.
D. The complaint committee may refer the appraisal that is the subject of a complaint to a peer committee to perform a Standard 3 review of the appraisal.
E. Upon completion and review of the investigation initiated pursuant to this regulation, the board member appointee/evaluator along with the complaint committee shall recommend to the board either action in lieu of disciplinary action, formal disciplinary action, or that the case be closed.
