New Mexico Register / Volume XXIX,
Issue 21 / November 13, 2018
PUBLIC RULE
HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING
The
Private Investigations Advisory Board will hold a rule hearing on Monday,
December 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.
Following the rule hearing, the Board will convene a board meeting to
adopt the rules and take care of regular business. The rule hearing and board meeting will be
held at the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, 2550 Cerrillos Road,
Santa Fe, NM, in the Rio Grande Hearing Room, 2nd floor.
The Board is proposing the following amendments listed
below to the Private Investigations Advisory Boards’ rules. The proposed amendments include addition the
definition “Good Moral Character” “and “One year of verifiable training” in
efforts to establish clear guidelines for all applicants of the board. Part seven of the proposed rule includes the
allowance of a “Grace period” regarding license renewal. The proposed changes also include corrective
language to create uniformity and clarification throughout the rules.
16.48.1 NMAC - General Provisions;
16.48.2 NMAC - Requirements for Licensure;
16.48.4 NMAC - Mandatory Firearms Training;
16.48.7 NMAC - License Renewal, Inactive Status and
Reinstatement;
To
obtain and review copies of the proposed changes and public comments, you may
go to the Board’s website at: http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Private_Investigations.aspx, or contact the
Boards and Commissions Division at (505) 476-4622.
The
Board is currently accepting public comments on the proposed amendments. Please submit written comments on the proposed
changes to Amanda Lewis, Board Administrator, via electronic mail at pipolygraphbd@state.nm.us,
or
by regular mail at P.O. Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504, no later than Friday,
December 14, 2018. Persons will also be
given the opportunity to present their comments at the rule hearing.
An
individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified
sign language interpreter, or other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend
or participate in the hearing, please contact Amanda Lewis, Board Administrator
at (505) 476-4622.
No
technical information served as a basis for the proposed rule.
Statutory
Authority: Legal authority
for this rulemaking can be found in the Private Investigations Act, NMSA 1978,
Sections 61-27B-1 through -36 (2007, as amended through 2024), which, among
other provisions, specifically authorizes the Board to “adopt rules necessary
to implement the provisions of the Private Investigations Act.” Subsection C
and D of Section 61-27B-5 NMSA
Summary of
Proposed Changes:
16.48.1 NMAC -
General Provisions
Add
definitions and change language for uniformity and clarification purposes.
16.48.2 NMAC - Requirements
for Licensure
Add
definitions and clarify guidelines; clarify new process to submit fingerprints;
incorporate all instructor requirements into one section and add language to
allow for military and federal government entities regarding approved training
providers.
16.48.4 NMAC - Mandatory
Firearms Training
Add
language to allow military and federal government entities regarding approved
training providers.
16.48.7 NMAC - License
Renewal, Inactive Status and Reinstatement
Change
language to correct bi-annual to biennial and add language to allow for a
renewal grace period and for electronic notifications.