New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 9 / May 6, 2025

Notice of proposed rulemaking

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED or Department) will hold a public rulemaking hearing on June 10, 2025. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held via Microsoft Teams and in person at the New Mexico Higher Education Department. The purpose of the hearing is to take public comment regarding the proposed adoption of a new rule 5.7.38 NMAC, VETERINARY MEDICAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

Join via Microsoft Teams:

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Or call in (audio only):

+1 (505) 312-4308

Phone Conference ID: 965 949 272#

Purpose:

The Department proposes adoption of new rule 5.7.38 NMAC. The new proposed rule establishes regulations and procedures for the Veterinary Medical Loan Repayment Program created by S.B. 8, 58th Leg., 1st Sess. (N.M. 2025). The purpose of the program is to provide student loan repayment assistance to food-animal veterinarians who commit to working in a designated under-served area of New Mexico for at least four years.

Summary of proposed rule:

The proposed rule lays out the various duties of the Department, the Board of Veterinary Medicine, and the Veterinarian Selection Committee (Committee). The rule provides membership criteria for the Committee, requirements for participant eligibility, award criteria, contract terms and reporting requirements.

Details for Obtaining a Copy, Public Hearing and Comments: The proposed rule is posted on the NMHED website and may be accessed at https://hed.nm.gov/ under the “Data, Reports & Rules” section. To request that a copy of the proposed rule be sent to you by mail or e-mail, please contact HigherEd.Info@hed.nm.gov or (505)476-8411.

A public hearing will be held on June 10, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams and in person at the NMHED Office located at 2044 Galisteo Street, Suite 4, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Any person who is or may be affected by this proposed rule may participate. Interested persons may submit written comments to NMHED at 2044 Galisteo Street, Suite 4, Santa Fe, NM 87505 or HigherEd.Info@hed.nm.gov. Written comments must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on June 6, 2025. Please note that any written or verbal comments received will become part of the rulemaking record, be posted to the New Mexico Sunshine Portal and be accessible to the public. If submitting written comments by email, please indicate in the subject line the number and section of each rule(s) for which you are providing comments. Oral comments will also be accepted at the rule hearing, subject to time limitations.

Legal authority for this rulemaking can be found in Section 9-25-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.

Any person with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter or auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing should contact (505) 476-8411 or email HigherEd.Info@hed.nm.gov ten (10) business days prior to the hearing.