New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII,
Issue 17 / September 14, 2021
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
RULE HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING
The New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care
will hold a rule hearing on Friday, October 22, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. Following the rule hearing, the Board will
convene a regular board meeting to adopt the rules and take care of regular
business. The rule hearing and board
meeting will be held at the Regulation and Licensing Department, 2550 Cerrillos
Road, Santa Fe, NM, in the Rio Grande Conference Room for those desiring to
attend in person.
Face masks are required to be worn in the
Toney Anaya Building for all in-person attendees.
The meeting will also be held via Cisco Webex
Meetings for those desiring to attend virtually.
https://nmrld.webex.com/nmrld/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed033715e1133f11efaff9466b3065126
To
join the meeting by phone:
1-415-655-0002 United States Toll
Access
Code: 146 906 6180
The
purpose of the rule hearing is to consider proposed amendments to the following
rules:
16.5.1
NMAC – General Provisions
16.5.59
NMAC – Licensure for Military Service Members, Spouses, Dependent Children and
Veterans
To
obtain and review copies of the proposed changes and public comments, you may
go to the Board’s website at: https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/dhc-board-information/dhc-board-meetings/
or contact the Boards and Commissions Division at (505) 476-4622.
The
Board is currently accepting public written comments on the proposed
amendments. Please submit written
comments on the proposed changes to Roberta Perea, Board Administrator, via
electronic mail at: Dental.Board@state.nm.us,
or by regular mail
at P.O. Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504, no later than Thursday, October 21, 2021. Written comments received prior to the rule
hearing will be posted to the RLD website at: https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/dhc-laws-rules-and-policies/.
Persons will also be given the
opportunity to present their written or oral comments at the public rule
hearing.
The agenda for the board meeting
will be posted and available at least 72 hours before the meeting on the Board
website at https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/dhc-board-information/dhc-board-meetings/. Copies
of the rules or the agenda may also be obtained by contacting Roberta Perea,
Board Administrator at (505) 476-4622.
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 Roberta Perea, Board Administrator (505) 476-4622.
Statutory
Authority: The Dental Health Care Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 61-5A-10(B) (1) and
(5).
Purpose of the
Proposed Rules: The purpose of the rule hearing is to receive written and oral
comments from the public on proposed rules amending 16.5.59 NMAC - Licensure
for Military Service Members, Spouses, Dependent Children and Veterans to
comply with 2021 legislative changes made during the regular session in HB 120
Military Spouses Expedited Licensure signed into law by Governor Lujan Grisham
on April 6, 2021 and amending 16.5.1 NMAC - General Provisions to comply with
2021 legislative changes made during the special session in SB2 Expungement of
Certain Records signed into law by the Governor Lujan Grisham on April 12,
2021.
Summary
of Proposed Changes:
16.5.1 NMAC - General
Provisions
The amendments to this part is to add a new
section to the rule to be in compliance with the 2021 legislative change
regarding SB2 Expungement of Certain Records.
The proposed rule sets out what criminal felony convictions directly
relate to the particular employment, trade, business or profession of dentistry
or hygienist that may disqualify the applicant or licensee from holding a
license. The rule also defines how the
conviction may and may not be used when reviewing an application for licensure
or for violation of Board statute or rules by a current licensee.
16.5.59 NMAC - Licensure for Military Service Members,
Spouses, Dependent Children and Veterans
The amendments to this part includes a repeal
and replace due to the 2021 legislative change regarding HB120 Military Spouses
Expedited Licensure. The proposed rule
changes the time for approving an application for license from sixty days to
thirty days and removes "recent" from the definition of veteran. The rule also sets out application and renewal
requirements.