New Mexico Register / Volume XXIX, Issue 5 / March 13, 2018

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING

 

The New Mexico Board of Veterinary Medicine (NMBVM) will hold a Rules Hearing on Friday, April 20, 2018.  Following the Rules Hearing, the Board of Veterinary Medicine will convene a regular meeting to adopt the rules and take care of regular business.  The Board of Veterinary Rules Hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. and the regular meeting will convene following the Rules Hearing.  The Rules Hearing and regular meeting will be held at the New Mexico Gaming Board hearing room located at 4900 Alameda Boulevard, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113.

 

Statutory authority for this rulemaking can be found in Subsection F of Section 61-14-5 NMSA 1978.

 

The Animal Sheltering Board was assimilated into the Board of Veterinary Medicine by HB 219, effective July 1, 2018. Therefore, the purpose of the Rules Hearing is to hear public testimony and comments regarding:

 

New sheltering provider rules:

16.24.1 NMAC - General Provisions;

16.24.2 NMAC - Licensure and Certification and

16.24.3 NMAC - Duties of Licensees and Certificate Holders.

 

Proposed amendments to the Board’s rules and regulations:

16.25.2 NMAC - Examination and Licensure - Veterinarians and

16.25.8 NMAC - Bovine Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Diagnosis Technicians.

 

Persons desiring to view the proposed new rules and amendments to the rules may download them from www.NMBVM.org.  If you do not have internet access, a copy of the proposed rules may be requested by contacting the NMBVM at (505) 553-7021.

 

Written comments may be submitted via email to director@NMBVM.org.  If submitting comments via email, specify in the subject line the following: NMBVM Public Comments.  Written comments may also be filed by sending original, signed copies to:

 

New Mexico Board of Veterinary Medicine

7301 Jefferson Street, N.E. Suite H

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109

 

Persons wishing to submit written comments regarding the proposed rules should submit them to the Board office no later than April 13, 2018.  Written comments will be given the same consideration as oral testimony made at the public hearing.  All written comments must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. MDT, April 13, 2018.

 

If you are a person with a disability and require a special accommodation to participate in the public hearing, please contact the NMBVM at (505) 553-7021.  The NMBVM requests at least ten (10) days advance notice to provide special accommodations.