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N.M. Stat. § 61-12D-3 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12D / Section 61-12D-3
§ 61-12D-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Physical Therapy Act:

A. “assistive personnel” means physical therapist assistants, physical therapy aides and other assistive personnel;

B. “board” means the physical therapy board;

C. “other assistive personnel” means trained or educated personnel other than physical therapist assistants or physical therapy aides who perform specific designated tasks related to physical therapy under the supervision of a physical therapist. At the discretion of the supervising physical therapist and if not prohibited by any other law, it may be appropriate for other assistive personnel to be identified by the title specific to their training or education;

D. “person” means an individual or other legal entity, excluding a governmental entity;

E. “physical therapist” means a person who is licensed in this state to practice physical therapy;

F. “physical therapist assistant” means a person who performs physical therapy procedures and related tasks pursuant to a plan of care written by the supervising physical therapist;

G. “physical therapy” means the care and services provided by or under the direction and supervision of a physical therapist;

H. “physical therapy aide” means a person trained under the direction of a physical therapist who performs designated and supervised routine physical therapy tasks;

I. “practice of physical therapy” means:

(1) examining and evaluating patients with mechanical, physiological and developmental impairments, functional limitations and disabilities or other health-related conditions in order to determine a physical therapy diagnosis, prognosis and planned therapeutic intervention;

(2) alleviating impairments and functional limitations by designing, implementing and modifying therapeutic interventions that include therapeutic exercise; functional training in self-care and community or work reintegration; manual therapy techniques, including soft tissue and joint mobilization and manipulation; therapeutic massage; assistive and adaptive devices and equipment; bronchopulmonary hygiene; debridement and wound care; physical agents; mechanical and electrotherapeutic modalities; and patient-related instruction;

(3) preventing injury, impairments, functional limitations and disability, including the promotion and maintenance of fitness, health and quality of life in all age populations; and

(4) engaging in consultation, testing, education and research; and

J. “restricted license” means a license to which restrictions or conditions as to scope of practice, place of practice, supervision of practice, duration of licensed status or type or condition of patient or client served are imposed by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 50-6-9 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-6-9
§ 50-6-9. Employer's records; form of permits
Status: in_force

Whenever any child is employed or permitted to labor at any gainful occupation permitted by the laws of this state, the employer of the child shall preserve on file the work permit of the child and shall keep posted in a conspicuous place about the premises where the child is employed a list of all children there at work by virtue of work permits. The form for all work permits shall be prepared by and shall contain such information concerning the identity of the child as may be prescribed by the labor and industrial division of the labor department.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-15
§ 10-11-15. State general member coverage plan 1; applicability
Status: in_force

State general member coverage plan 1 is applicable to state general members who are not specifically covered by another coverage plan.
N.M. Stat. § 6-20-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 20 / Section 6-20-7
§ 6-20-7. Carryforward election allocations
Status: in_force

An issuing authority may submit to the board a request for carryforward election allocation with respect to private activity bonds proposed to be issued to finance bonds for a specified carryforward purpose. The date for submission of such requests shall be established by the board annually. A separate request must be submitted for each carryforward purpose, except that a request for carryforward election allocation with respect to qualified student loan bonds or qualified mortgage bonds may cover all proposed issuances of student loan bonds and qualified mortgage bonds. Not later than December 26 of a calendar year or the next business day if December 26 is a holiday, the board shall issue carryforward election allocations in amounts determined by the board, to the extent that sufficient amounts are available in the state private activity bond fund and the requirements of the Private Activity Bond Act are satisfied. A request for carryforward election allocation shall contain the same information and materials required to be included in a request for allocation.
N.M. Stat. § 9-23-5 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 9-23-5
§ 9-23-5. Secretary of aging and long-term services; appointment
Status: in_force

A. The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the “secretary of aging and long-term services”. The secretary shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall hold that office at the pleasure of the governor and shall serve in the executive cabinet.

B. An appointed secretary shall serve and have all of the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period of time prior to final action by the senate confirming or rejecting the secretary-designate’s appointment.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22A / Section 59A-22A-2
§ 59A-22A-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Preferred Provider Arrangements Law is to encourage health care cost containment while preserving quality of care by allowing health care insurers to enter into preferred provider arrangements in accordance with minimum standards for preferred provider arrangements and for the health benefit plans associated with those arrangements.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1A / Section 36-1A-3
§ 36-1A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act:

A. “appeal” means a formal request for a full hearing before the board or authorized hearing officer to review a disciplinary action solely involving suspension, demotion or termination of a covered employee in a district attorney's office;

B. “board” means the District Attorney Personnel Review Board;

C. “class specification” means a written statement of the duties and responsibilities characteristic of a class of positions, and includes the class title, supervision exercised and received, guidelines available, examples of work performed, working conditions and minimum qualifications or substitutions thereof that specify education, training, health, experience, knowledge, abilities and skills required for a position;

D. “classification series” means a group of class specifications or employment positions similar enough in powers and responsibilities that they can be covered by similar qualifications and titles. A classification series may consist of many levels, starting with the entry level position and advancing upward in duties, complexity, authority and responsibility;

E. “compensation plan” means a plan that establishes for each class in the plan a salary range that consists of at least minimum and maximum salaries, as authorized by the legislature;

F. “covered employee” means a person in a full-time or part-time covered position who has successfully completed the probationary period and is covered by all provisions of the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act;

G. “covered position” means any position within a district attorney's office except the positions of district attorney, attorney, district office manager and special program director;

H. “disciplinary action” means a suspension, demotion or dismissal of a covered employee;

I. “district attorneys” means the present fourteen duly elected district attorneys, or a substitute appointee for one of them, plus any additional elected district attorneys or future appointees created after the effective date of the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act;

J. “employee” means a person in a full-time or part-time position in a district attorney's office but shall not be construed to include district attorneys;

K. “performance evaluation” means the written appraisal of an employee's performance of assigned duties;

L. “position” means any position in a district attorney's office; and

M. “probationary employee” means a person who is appointed to a covered position but who has not yet completed the probationary period.
N.M. Stat. § 41-7-5 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 7 / Section 41-7-5
§ 41-7-5. Retroactive effect
Status: in_force

This act shall not be retroactive as to causes of action existing on its effective date.
N.M. Stat. § 40-17-11 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 17 / Section 40-17-11
§ 40-17-11. Penalties
Status: in_force

A person who fails to relinquish, or who possesses or has custody or control over, any firearm or who purchases, receives or attempts to purchase, possess or receive any firearm, in violation of a temporary extreme risk firearm protection order or a one-year extreme risk firearm protection order is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 76-10-11 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 10 / Section 76-10-11
§ 76-10-11. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “New Mexico Seed Law.”
N.M. Stat. § 33-11-3 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 11 / Section 33-11-3
§ 33-11-3. Regulations
Status: in_force

A. The corrections department, by July 1, 1988, shall adopt regulations for all adult correctional institutions operated by the department for the implementation of a mandatory education program for all inmates to attain a minimum education standard as set forth in this section.

B. The regulations shall apply only to any inmate who:

(1) commits a crime after the effective date of the Inmate Literacy Act; and

(2) has eighteen months or more remaining to be served on the inmate's sentence of incarceration; and who:

(a) is not exempted due to a medical, developmental or learning disability; or

(b) does not possess a high school equivalency credential or a high school diploma.

C. The regulations adopted shall require that:

(1) a minimum education standard shall be met beginning in 1988 and in all subsequent years as follows:

(a) in 1988, the education standard shall be the equivalent of grade six in reading and math on the test of adult basic education;

(b) in 1989, the education standard shall be the equivalent of grade seven in reading and math on the test of adult basic education;

(c) in 1990, the education standard shall be the equivalent of grade eight in reading and math on the test of adult basic education; and

(d) in 1991, the education standard shall be a high school diploma or a high school equivalency credential;

(2) inmates who meet the criteria in Subsection B of this section shall be required to participate in education programs for ninety days. After ninety days, inmates may choose to withdraw from educational programs but will be subject to the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this subsection; and

(3) notwithstanding any other provision of law, inmates who are subject to these regulations but who refuse or choose not to participate shall not be eligible for monetary compensation for work performed or for meritorious deduction as set forth in Subsection D of Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978 .

D. The regulations may:

(1) exclude any inmate who has been incarcerated for less than ninety days in an institution controlled by the corrections department;

(2) exclude any inmate who is assigned a minimum custody classification; or

(3) defer educational requirements for inmates with sentences longer than ten years.
N.M. Stat. § 28-1-4 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 1 / Section 28-1-4
§ 28-1-4. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The commission may:

(1) hear complaints and issue orders, including cease and desist orders concerning alleged unlawful discriminatory practice;

(2) hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, administer oaths, take the testimony of any person under oath, order depositions and require the production for examination of any books, records, correspondence, documents and other evidence relating to any matter under investigation or in question before the commission. Contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued pursuant to this section constitutes contempt punishable by the district court of the judicial district in which the witness may be found. No individual shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing evidence in obedience to a subpoena issued pursuant to this section on the grounds that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or a forfeiture. However, no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture concerning any matter for which he is compelled to testify or give evidence after having claimed his right against self-incrimination. Nevertheless, the individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed while testifying.

B. The division may:

(1) receive and investigate complaints of alleged unlawful discriminatory practice;

(2) seek to eliminate discrimination through conciliation and persuasion by voluntary conferences with interested parties;

(3) recommend application by the director to a district court in the county where the violating party resides for specific performance of any conciliation agreement or for enforcement of any order issued by the commission;

(4) endeavor to eliminate prejudice and to further good will. The division in cooperation with the state department of public education and local boards of education shall encourage an educational program for all residents of the state, calculated to eliminate prejudice, its harmful effects and its incompatibility with principles of fair play, equality and justice;

(5) encourage voluntary advisory groups to study problems of discrimination in all fields, to foster, through community efforts, good will and cooperation in this state and to make recommendations to the secretary for the development of policies and procedures which the secretary may recommend to appropriate state agencies;

(6) seek and enlist the cooperation and contributions and grants of individuals and foundations, private, charitable, religious, labor, civic and benevolent organizations and the federal government for the purposes of this section;

(7) issue publications and release the results of investigation and research which in the secretary's judgment will tend to promote good will and prevent or eliminate discrimination; and

(8) submit annually a written report of all its activities and recommendations to the secretary, the governor and the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 42A-1-13 — NM Code / Chapter 42A / Article 1 / Section 42A-1-13
§ 42A-1-13. Entries exempt
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 42A-1-8 through 42A-1-12 NMSA 1978 apply only to entries for suitability studies made outside of the exterior boundaries of any municipality.
N.M. Stat. § 22-26A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 26A / Section 22-26A-14
§ 22-26A-14. Refunding or refinancing lease purchase arrangements
Status: in_force

School districts and charter schools may enter into lease purchase arrangements for the purpose of refunding or refinancing any lease purchase arrangements then outstanding, including the payment of any prepayment premiums thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of prepayment maturity of the outstanding lease purchase arrangements. Until the proceeds of the lease purchase arrangements issued for the purpose of refunding or refinancing outstanding lease purchase arrangements are applied to the prepayment or retirement of the outstanding lease purchase arrangements, the proceeds may be placed in escrow and invested and reinvested. The interest, income and profits, if any, earned or realized on any such investment may, in the discretion of the governing body, also be applied to the payment of the outstanding lease purchase arrangements to be refunded or refinanced by prepayment or retirement, as the case may be. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of such proceeds and interest, if any, earned or realized on the investments thereof may be returned to the governing body to be used for payment of the refunding or refinancing lease purchase arrangement. If the proceeds from a tax imposed pursuant to Sections 22-26A-8 through 22-26A-12 NMSA 1978 were used as a source of payments for the refunded lease purchase arrangement, the proceeds may continue to be used for the refunding or refinancing lease purchase arrangements without the requirement of an additional election on the issue.
N.M. Stat. § 29-4-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 4 / Section 29-4-11
§ 29-4-11. Effective date of act and pension program; approval of governor, police board and insurance department
Status: in_force

The powers conferred upon the board of supervisors of the New Mexico state police [secretary of public safety] by the provisions of this act shall be possessed and may be exercised from and after the first day of July, 1939, and this act shall be in full force and effect from and after that date. The pension program authorized in this act may become operative at any time after the passage of this act upon the approval of the governor of New Mexico, the board of supervisors of the New Mexico state police [secretary of public safety] and the insurance department of the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 12-8-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-8-4
§ 12-8-4. Rulemaking prerequisites
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule, the agency shall, within the time specified by law, or if no time is specified, then at least thirty days prior to its proposed action:

(1) publish notice of its proposed action in the manner specified by law, or if no manner is specified, then in newspapers or trade, industrial or professional publications as will reasonably give public notice to interested persons; and

(2) notify any person specified by law, and, in addition, any person or group filing written request, the request to be renewed yearly as the agency directs by rule, for notice of proposed action which may affect that person or group, notification being by mail or otherwise to the last address specified by the person or group. The notice shall:

(a) give the time and place of any public hearing or state the manner in which data, views or arguments may be submitted to the agency by any interested person;

(b) either state the express terms or adequately describe the substance of the proposed action, or adequately state the subjects and issues involved; and

(c) include any additional matter required by any law, together with specific reference to the statutory authority under which the rule is proposed; and

(3) afford all interested persons reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments orally or in writing and examine witnesses, unless otherwise provided by law. If the agency finds that oral presentation is unnecessary or impracticable, it may require that presentation be made in writing. The agency shall consider fully all written and oral submissions respecting the proposed rule. Upon adoption of a rule contested at hearing or otherwise, the agency shall issue a concise statement of its principal reasons for adoption of the rule and a statement of positions rejected in adopting the rule together with the reasons for the rejections. All persons heard or represented at any hearing, or who submit any writing to be considered in connection with the proposed rule, shall promptly be given a copy of the decision, by mail or otherwise.

B. If the agency finds that immediate adoption, amendment or suspension of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, or if the agency for good cause finds that observance of the requirements of notice and public hearing would be contrary to the public interest, the agency may dispense with such requirements and adopt, amend or suspend the rule as an emergency. The agency's finding and a brief statement of the reasons for its finding shall be incorporated in the emergency rule, amendment or suspension filed under Section 5 of the Administrative Procedures Act. Upon adoption of an emergency rule, amendment or suspension which shall remain in effect for longer than sixty days, notice shall be given within seven days as required in this section for proposed rules.
N.M. Stat. § 63-1-11 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 63-1-11
§ 63-1-11. Book of bylaws; public inspection; amendment and repeal of bylaws
Status: repealed

All bylaws must be certified by a majority of the directors and the secretary of the corporation, and copied in a legible hand in a book to be kept in the office of the secretary of the corporation, to be known as the book of bylaws, which shall be open to public inspection during office hours of each day, except holidays. When recorded, as aforesaid, the bylaws shall take effect, unless otherwise therein provided. Bylaws may be amended or repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted at an annual meeting, or any other meeting of the stockholders, called by the directors for that purpose, by a vote representing two-thirds of the subscribed capital stock; or the power to amend or repeal or adopt new bylaws may, by a similar vote, at any such meeting, be delegated to the board of directors. Such power, when delegated, may be revoked by a similar vote at any regular meeting of the stockholders. Whenever an amendment or new bylaw is adopted, it shall be copied in the book of bylaws, immediately after the previous bylaws and shall not take effect until so recorded. If any bylaw be repealed, the fact and date of repeal shall be noted in the book of bylaws, and until so noted the repeal shall not take effect.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7C-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7C / Section 10-7C-16
§ 10-7C-16. Retiree health care fund; budget
Status: in_force

Expenditures for the administration of the Retiree Health Care Act shall be made as provided by an operating budget adopted by the board and approved by the state budget division of the department of finance and administration as provided by law and pursuant to appropriation by the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 5-16-3 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 16 / Section 5-16-3
§ 5-16-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Regional Spaceport District Act:

A. “ authority ” means the spaceport authority created pursuant to the Spaceport Development Act;

B. “ board ” means the board of directors of a district;

C. “ bond ” means a revenue bond issued by the authority on behalf of a district;

D. “ combination ” means two or more governmental units that exercise joint authority;

E. “ district ” means a regional spaceport district that is a political subdivision of the state created pursuant to the Regional Spaceport District Act;

F. “ governmental unit ” means the state, a county or a municipality of the state or an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located within the boundaries of the state;

G. “ project ” means any land, building or other improvements acquired as part of a spaceport or associated with a spaceport or to aid commerce in connection with a spaceport and all real and personal property deemed necessary in connection with the spaceport;

H. “ revenues ” means municipal regional spaceport gross receipts tax revenues and county regional spaceport gross receipts tax revenues; and

I. “ spaceport ” means any facility in New Mexico at which space vehicles may be launched or landed, including all facilities and support infrastructure related to launch, landing or payload processing.