N.M. Admin. Code § 16.62.13.11

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 20, October 22, 2024

Section 16.62.13.11 - INVESTIGATIONS OF DISCIPLINARY COMPLAINTS

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the board may conduct investigations of disciplinary complaints.

A. Should the board choose to employ one, the board may utilize the services of an investigator. The investigator may operate pursuant to a contract with the board, as the board's employee, or as the employee of a department to which the board is administratively attached, at the discretion of the board.

B. The board may issue investigative subpoenas as part of its review and investigation of disciplinary complaints. Each of the following individuals, acting independently, may approve and sign an investigative subpoena: the chairperson of the complaint committee, the board administrator, and, if utilized, the board investigator.

C. The board's staff, the members of the board's complaint committee, and, if utilized, the board investigator may carry out investigations on to disciplinary complaints. No board member other than the chairperson of the complaint committee shall carry out investigations into disciplinary complaints.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.62.13.11

Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 19, October 13, 2021, eff. 10/30/2021