New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 50 - INSURANCE
Part 16 - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL OF AUTHORITY COVERAGE DETERMINATIONS
Section 6.50.16.14 - HEARINGS

Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.50.16.14

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Rights of parties and those offering comment. At any hearing, all parties shall be entitled to enter an appearance, introduce evidence, examine and cross-examine witnesses, make arguments, and generally participate in the conduct of the hearing. Non-parties wishing to make comments shall be entitled to make an oral or written statement for the record but such statement shall not be considered as evidence. Non-parties making comment shall not have the right to introduce evidence or examine or cross-examine witnesses, to receive copies of pleadings or documents, to appeal from any decision or order, or to otherwise participate in the hearing other than by making their comments.

B. Continuance. Any party who desires a continuance shall request a continuance immediately upon receipt of notice of hearing or as soon thereafter as facts requiring such continuance come to the party's knowledge. The hearing officer may grant a request for continuance if timely made and supported by reasonable cause. The hearing officer may also grant a continuance at any time in the hearing officer's sound discretion.

C. Order of presentation. The hearing officer shall determine the order of presentation of the evidence and shall be guided in this matter by the interests of fairness and justice.

D. Rules of evidence.

(1) All relevant evidence is admissible which, in the opinion of the hearing officer, is the best evidence most reasonably obtainable, having due regard to its necessity, competence, availability and trustworthiness.

(2) In passing upon the admissibility of evidence, the hearing officer shall give consideration to, but shall not be bound by, the New Mexico rules of evidence which govern proceedings in New Mexico district courts. The hearing officer shall also give consideration to the legal requirement that any final decision on the merits be supported by competent evidence.

(3) All testimony to be considered as evidence in a hearing shall be made under oath.

(4) The parties may agree to submit written stipulations of fact or law or both to the hearing officer and such stipulations shall be binding upon the parties entering into the stipulation.

(5) A hearing officer may take administrative notice of the following matters if otherwise admissible under this rule: rules, regulations and procedures of the authority and other government agencies; decisions, records and transcripts in other authority proceedings; state and federal statutes; decisions of state and federal courts; and matters of which the courts of this state may take judicial notice. Matters noticed are admitted into evidence to the same extent as other relevant evidence.

E. Proposed findings. The hearing officer may require all parties of record to file proposed forms of order, including proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, at the close of testimony in the proceeding.

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