New Mexico Register / Volume XXX,
Issue 16 / August 27, 2019
PUBLIC RULE
HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING
The
New Mexico Board of Nutrition and Dietetics will hold a rule hearing on Monday,
October 7, 2019. Following the rule hearing,
the Board will convene a Board meeting to consider adoption of the rules and
address regular business. The rule
hearing and board meeting will be held 10:00 a.m. at the Regulation and
Licensing Department, 5500 San Antonio Dr., NE, Albuquerque, NM in the Sandia Conference Room.
The
purpose of the rule hearing is to consider proposed amendments to the following
rules:
16.14.1.7
NMAC - Definitions
16.14.3.14
NMAC- Reciprocity
16.14.5.9.
NMAC - Test Administration
16.14.6.8
NMAC - Annual Renewal
16.14.7.8
NMAC - Reinstatement of a Lapsed License
16.14.10.8
NMAC- Standards of Practice
The
changes to Parts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10 are to adopt and define reciprocity which
will bring the board in compliance with Senate Bill 105 (“SB 105”). This adoption will allow individuals from
other states with similar licensure requirements to acquire a license in New
Mexico. Test administration change is
being made to clarify the use of testing agencies rather than naming a specific
company that administers the examination.
We are also making changes for clerical corrections.
To
obtain and review copies of the proposed changes you may go to the Board’s
website at:
www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Nutrition_and_Dietetics_Members_and_Meetings.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 Richard Espinoza, Executive Director, via electronic mail
at: richard.espinoza@state.nm.us or by regular
mail at P.O. Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504, no later than Friday, October 4,
2019. Persons will also be given the
opportunity to present their comments at the rule hearing. All written comments will be posted to the
Board’s website at: www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Nutrition_and_Dietetics_Members_and_Meetings.aspx.
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 Richard Espinoza, Executive
Director at (505) 476-4622.
Statutory
Authority: The Nutrition
and Dietetics Practice Act, Sections 61-7A-1 to -15 NMSA 1978 (1993, as amended
through 2017), among other provisions, specifically authorizes the Board to
“adopt and file all rules necessary for the implementation and enforcement of
the provisions of the Nutrition and Dietetics Practice Act.”
Summary of
Proposed Changes:
In
addition to making minor clarification changes, the proposed rules are
summarized as follows:
16.14.1.7. NMAC
- Definitions
This adoption is to define “Reciprocity” which will
bring the board in compliance with SB105.
16.14.3.14. NMAC
- Reciprocity
This
adoption will allow individual from other states with similar licensure
requirements to acquire a license in New Mexico. This adoption will bring the board
in compliance with SB105.
16.14.5.9. NMAC
– Test Administration
This
change is being made to clarify the use of testing agency rather than naming a
specific company that administers the examination.
16.14.6.8. NMAC
– Annual Renewal
This
change is being made for a clerical correction.
16.14.7.8 NMAC –
Reinstatement of a Lapsed License
This
change is being made for a clerical correction.
16.14.10.8. NMAC
– Standards of Practice
The
statutory cite which allows us to change each rule is Paragraph 8 of Subsection
A of Section 61-7A-6 NMSA 1978.