New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 21 /
November 8, 2022
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD
MEETING
The New Mexico Chiropractic Board will hold a rule hearing
on Friday, December 9, 2022, at 10:00 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,
New Mexico, for those desiring to attend in person.
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=e20b777fc5fe957eda566e731c178d904
Meeting (Access) Code:
2498 767 6281
Join by phone: 1-415-655-0002
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The purpose of the rule hearing is to consider
proposed amendments to the following rules:
16.4.4 NMAC -
License Without Examination
16.4.22 NMAC - Fees
16.4.23 NMAC - Licensure for Military Veterans,
Spouses, and Veterans
To obtain and review copies of the proposed changes
you may go to the Board’s website at:
https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/chiropractic-board/cb-laws-rules-and-policies/
or contact the New Mexico Chiropractic Board at (505) 476-4617 or by e-mail at Chiropractic.Board@state.nm.us.
The Board is currently accepting public written
comments on the proposed amendments.
Please submit written comments on the proposed changes to Martha
Gallegos, Senior Board Administrator, via electronic mail to
Chiropractic.Board@state.nm.us, or by regular mail at P.O. Box 25101, Santa Fe,
NM 87504, no later than Friday, December 9, 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/chiropractic-board/cb-board-information/cb-board-meetings/.
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/chiropractic-board/cb-board-information/cb-board-meetings/
. Copies of the rules or the
agenda may also be obtained by contacting Martha Gallegos, Senior Board
Administrator at (505) 476-4617.
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 Martha Gallegos, Senior Board Administrator (505) 476-4617.
Statutory
Authority:
The Chiropractic Physician Practice Act, Paragraph (F)
of Section 61-4-3, among other provisions, specifically authorizes the Board to
“promulgate and file in accordance with the State Rules Act, Chapter 14,
Article 4 NMSA 1978, all rules and regulations necessary for the implementation
and enforcement of the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act 61-4-1 through
61-4-17 NMSA 1978, including educational requirements for a chiropractic
assistant.”
In addition, Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 of the
Uniform Licensing Act, requires the Board to “determine those states and
territories of the United States and District of Columbia from which the board will
not accept an applicant for expedited licensure and those foreign countries
from which the Board will accept an applicant for expedited licensure.”
Purpose of
Proposed Rules:
The proposed rules are intended to address recent
statutory changes to the Uniform Licensing Act and the Chiropractic Physician
Practice Act. See H.B. 191, 56th Leg., Regular Session. (N.M. 2022), available
at https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/HB0191.pdf.
Summary of
Proposed Changes:
The Board summarizes its proposed changes to its
administrative rules as follows:
16.4.4 NMAC - Expedited Licensure; Licensure
Without Examination
The proposed amendments to this section comply with
the statutory changes to the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act and the
Uniform Licensing Act for licensure by examination and expedited licensure
which includes adding language regarding disapproved licensing jurisdictions
and the requirements for expedited licensure.
16.4.22 NMAC -
Fees
The proposed amendments to
this section adds a new category of fees for expedited licensure.
16.4.23 NMAC -
Licensure for Military Veterans, Spouses, and Veterans
The proposed amendments to this section comply with
the statutory changes to the Uniform Licensing Act regarding expedited
licensure for military service members, spouses, dependents
and veterans.