New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 21 / November 8, 2022

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING

 

The New Mexico Board of Body Art Practitioners will hold a rule hearing on Monday, December 12, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.  Following the rule hearing, the Board will convene a regular board meeting consider and adopt the rules and take care of regular business.  The meeting will be held in the Hearing Room 1 room at the Regulation and Licensing Department at 2550 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507.  The meeting will also be available virtually via Cisco Webex Meetings.

 

https://nmrld.webex.com/nmrld/onstage/g.php?MTID=e94c782f51414ed941fa67126c5d52ce2

 

To join the meeting by phone:  1-415-655-0002 United States Toll

 

Access Code:  2497 277 2649

 

The purpose of the rule hearing is to consider proposed changes to Title 16 Chapter 36 NMAC 1978:

 

Amendments to the rules below:

16.36.8 NMAC – Expedited Licensure 

 

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/body-art-practitioners-overview/ba-board-information/ba-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 Jennie James, Board Administrator, via electronic mail at:  NMBody.Art@rld.nm.gov, or by regular mail at P.O. Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504, no later than Monday, December 12, 2022.  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/body-art-practitioners-overview/ba-rules-and-laws/.  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/body-art-practitioners-overview/ba-board-information/ba-board-meetings/.  Copies of the rules or the agenda may also be obtained by contacting Jennie James, 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 Jennie James, Board Administrator (505) 476-4622.

 

Statutory Authority:  6.36.8 NMAC is promulgated pursuant to the Body Art Safe Practices Act, Sections 61-17B-1 to -18 NMSA 1978, specifically Sections 61-17B-5(D) NMSA 1978 of the Act, and Sections 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 and Sections 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 of the Uniform Licensing Act, Sections 61-1-1 to -37 NMSA 1978.

 

Purpose of the Proposed Rules:  The purpose of 6.36.8 NMAC is to promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare by regulating and setting professional standards for applicants for expedited licensure, in accordance with House Bill 191, signed and chaptered as Chapter 38, Sections 7, 10, and 80 of New Mexico Laws of 2022, the full text of which may be found at:

https://www.sos.state.nm.us/legislation-and-lobbying/signed-chaptered-bills/2022-legislation/.

 

16.36.8 NMAC – Expedited Licensure

The purpose of this parts Repeal and Replacement is to Identifying Jurisdictions, Including All U.S States and Territories, Eligible for or Excluded from Expedited Licensure under the requirements of House Bill 191 passed during the 2022 legislative session.