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NM Stat § 9-7-11.4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-11.4 - Compulsive gambling council; duties; membership.

A. The "compulsive gambling council" is created. The council is administratively attached to the department pursuant to the Executive Reorganization Act [9-1-1 to 9-1-10 NMSA 1978]. The council consists of the following fifteen members, all of whom shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor: (1) the secretary or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as chair of the council; (2) a member of the governor's staff; (3) a member of the gaming control board; (4) a member of the board of directors of the New Mexico lottery authority; (5) a member of a fraternal organization that sponsors gambling; (6) two persons with expertise in the field of compulsive gambling; (7) two Native American representatives from a tribe or pueblo with gaming operations; (8) two representatives of the non-Native American gaming industry; (9) two representatives from the behavioral health profession; and (10) two representatives from the general public. B. The council shall meet regularly and at the call of the chair. C. A majority of the council constitutes a quorum. D. Council members shall serve voluntarily and shall receive no per diem for their services or travel expenses. E. The council shall: (1) develop and implement a New Mexico strategic prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling plan; (2) recommend to the department compulsive gambling prevention and treatment standards; (3) collaborate with the appropriate state agencies to link compulsive gambling data collection and referral information to crisis response hotlines or youth and domestic violence initiatives; (4) collaborate with the department to improve data collection regarding gambling-related suicide, bankruptcies and domestic violence; (5) collaborate with the department and the aging and long-term services department to educate New Mexico seniors through prevention training and materials regarding the recognition and treatment of compulsive gambling problems; and (6) develop and recommend to the governor a voluntary self-exclusion program. F. Beginning in 2008, the council shall submit an annual report to the governor and the appropriate legislative interim committee reporting the key findings and progress on implementation of the New Mexico strategic prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling plan. G. Two copies of the annual report shall be filed with the legislative council service library annually beginning in August 2008. History: Laws 2006, ch. 8, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2006, ch. 8 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 17, 2006, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-7-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-12 - Cooperation with the federal government; authority of secretary; single state agency status.

A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of health programs in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under state or federal laws, regulations, rules or orders. The secretary may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government to implement health programs subject to availability of appropriated state funds and any provisions of state laws applicable to such agreements or participation by the state. B. The governor or the secretary may by appropriate order designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any health program when such designation is a condition of federal financial or other participation in the program under applicable federal law, regulation, rule or order. Whether or not a federal condition exists, the governor may designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any health program. No designation of a single state agency under the authority granted in this section shall be made in contravention of state law. History: 1978 Comp., § 9-7-12, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 253, § 13; 1991, ch. 25, § 24. ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective March 29, 1991, deleted "and environmental" following "health" in the first sentence in Subsection A and deleted "or environmental" following "health" in the second sentence in Subsection A and in the first and second sentences in Subsection B.
NM Stat § 9-7-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-13 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 36 repealed 9-7-13 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 253, § 76, relating to exemptions of the environmental improvement board from the authority of the secretary of health and environment, effective March 29, 1991. For provisions of former section, see the 1990 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 9-7-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-15 - Recompiled.

ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — In 1991, former 9-7-14 and 9-7-15 NMSA 1978 were recompiled as 9-7A-13 and 9-7A-14 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 9-7-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-16 - Rate equalization for community-based service contractors.

The department of health shall take all measures reasonably necessary to ensure that any funds appropriated to the developmental disabilities division of the department of health for rate equalization for community contract agencies are used to increase contractor payments to provide equitable rates for community contract agencies based upon the variable cost reimbursement study performed for the department. History: Laws 1992, ch. 82, § 1.
NM Stat § 9-7-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-17 - Substance abuse education fund.

There is created the "substance abuse education fund" which shall be controlled by the agency. All money collected or received under the state laws for the purpose of substance abuse education shall be paid over to the state treasurer to the credit of the substance abuse education fund, and the fund shall not be transferred to another fund. The money in the fund shall be used for the purpose of providing additional funding for substance abuse educational programs in the local school districts. The drug abuse agency, in coordination with the state department of public education and local school boards, shall: A. develop and provide funds for substance abuse education curricula and materials for the public school system; B. provide substance abuse educational programs to public school staff, parents and students; and C. assist local schools in developing student and faculty support and intervention groups. History: 1978 Comp., § 26-2-4.1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 265, § 5; 1989, ch. 324, § 20; 1978 Comp., § 26-2-4.1, recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 9-7-17 by Laws 1999, ch. 270, § 9. ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 1999, ch. 270, § 9 recompiled former 26-2-4.1 NMSA 1978 as 9-7-17 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 1999. The 1989 amendment, effective April 7, 1989, deleted "including all earned income therefrom" following "and the fund" in the second sentence.
NM Stat § 9-7-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-17.1 - Repealed.

History: Laws 2012, ch. 42, § 1; repealed by Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 72. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 72 repealed 9-7-17.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2012, ch. 42, § 1, relating to medical cannabis fund, reporting, effective June 29, 2021, 2021. For provisions of former section, see the 2020 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 9-7-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7 - Department of Health|Section 9-7-18 - Drug testing for health care providers in state health care facilities; grounds; rulemaking.

A. A health care provider hired to provide direct care to patients in a state health care facility shall be tested for illicit and prescription drug and alcohol abuse prior to employment and subject to random drug testing thereafter. B. A health care provider providing direct care to patients in a state health care facility who is reasonably suspected of abusing illicit or prescription drugs or alcohol while working shall undergo drug testing without prior notice to the health care provider. C. The department of health shall promulgate rules to establish: (1) when a health care provider is reasonably suspected of abusing illicit or prescription drugs or alcohol while working; (2) the protocol governing testing for illicit and prescription drugs and alcohol; (3) what persons shall be considered reliable reporting parties for the purposes of this section; (4) any disciplinary action, addiction interventions or fines pursuant to this section; and (5) the definition of "direct care" for the purposes of this section. D. When promulgating rules pursuant to Subsection D of this section, the department of health shall consult with representatives from: (1) the New Mexico medical board; (2) the board of nursing; and (3) the New Mexico medical review commission. E. For the purposes of this section: (1) "health care provider" means any health care staff member who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide direct unsupervised health care to a patient; (2) "illicit or prescription drug" means a substance listed in any of Schedules I through V of the Controlled Substances Act [Chapter 30, Article 31 NMSA 1978]; and (3) "state health care facility" means a hospital, an entity providing services for the developmentally disabled, a shelter care home, a free-standing hospice or a home health agency that the department of health operates. F. Results of drug tests made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be treated as confidential medical information, and only aggregate test data shall be subject to review by the department of health. G. A person who in good faith reports that a health care provider has been abusing illicit or prescription drugs or alcohol while working shall not be held liable for civil damages as a result of the report; provided that the health care provider reported as abusing illicit or prescription drugs or alcohol shall have the right to sue for damages sustained as a result of negligent or intentional reporting of inaccurate information or the disclosure of information to an unauthorized person. History: Laws 2011, ch. 90, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 90 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2011, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 9-7A-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 12 [9-7A-1 to 9-7A-12 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Department of Environment Act". History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Department of Environment Act: A. "board" means the environmental improvement board; B. "department" means the department of environment created under the Department of Environment Act; and C. "secretary" means the secretary of environment. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-3 - Purpose.

The purpose of the Department of Environment Act is to establish a single department to administer the laws and exercise the functions relating to the environment formerly administered and exercised by the health and environment department. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-4 - Department established.

There is created in the executive branch the "department of environment". The department shall be a cabinet department and shall include, but not be limited to, an information technology division and the programs and functions of the environmental improvement division. All references in the law to the environmental improvement agency or the environmental improvement division of the health and environment department shall be construed to mean the department. All references to the director of the environmental improvement division shall be construed to mean the secretary. The department shall consist of the staff of the environmental improvement division and such other powers, duties and personnel of the former health and environment department as may be assigned by the governor pursuant to executive order. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 4; 2005, ch. 110, § 4. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For environmental improvement generally, see Chapter 74 NMSA 1978. For powers of environmental improvement department, see 74-1-6 NMSA 1978 et seq. For the Rural Infrastructure Act, see 75-1-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, creates the information technology division within the department of environment.
NM Stat § 9-7A-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-5 - Secretary of environment; appointment.

A. The administrative head of the department is the "secretary of environment", who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and shall serve in the executive cabinet. B. The secretary shall serve and have all the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period of time prior to final action by the senate confirming or rejecting his appointment. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-7 - Organizational units of the department; powers and duties specified by law; access to information.

Those organizational units of the department and the officers of those units specified by law shall have all of the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws involved. However, the carrying out of those powers and duties shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, and he shall retain the final decision-making authority and responsibility for the administration of any laws as provided in Subsection B of Section 6 [9-7A-6 NMSA 1978] of the Department of Environment Act. The department shall have access to all records, data and information of other state departments, agencies and institutions, including its own organizational units, not specifically held confidential by law. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 7. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-8 - Directors.

The secretary shall appoint with the approval of the governor "directors" of divisions established within the department. The positions so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-9 - Bureaus; chiefs.

The secretary shall establish within each division such "bureaus" as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Department of Environment Act. He shall employ a "chief" to be the administrative head of each bureau. The chief and all subsidiary employees of the department shall be covered by the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978] unless otherwise provided by law. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 9. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-10 - Advisory committees.

A. Advisory committees may be created. "Advisory" means furnishing advice, gathering information, making recommendations and performing such other activities as may be instructed or delegated and as may be necessary to fulfill advisory functions or to comply with federal or private funding requirements and does not extend to administering a program or function or setting policy unless specified by law. Advisory committees shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Executive Reorganization Act [9-1-1 to 9-1-10 NMSA 1978]. B. All members of advisory committees appointed under the authority of this section shall receive as their sole remuneration for services as a member those amounts authorized under the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 10. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-11 - Cooperation with the federal government; authority of secretary; single state agency status.

A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of environmental programs in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under state or federal laws, regulations, rules or orders. The secretary may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government to implement environmental programs subject to availability of appropriated state funds and any provisions of state laws applicable to such agreements or participation by the state. B. The governor or the secretary may by appropriate order designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any environmental program when that designation is a condition of federal financial or other participation in the program under applicable federal law, regulation, rule or order. Whether or not a federal condition exists, the governor may designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any environmental program. No designation of a single state agency under the authority granted in this section shall be made in contravention of state law. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 11. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991.
NM Stat § 9-7A-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-12 - Environmental improvement board; exemptions from authority of secretary.

The environmental improvement board shall receive staff support from the department. All powers, duties and responsibilities of the environmental improvement board under Sections 25-1-1 through 25-1-14, 25-2-1 through 25-2-19, 25-5-1 through 25-5-9, 50-9-1, through 50-9-25, 74-1-1 through 74-1-11, 74-2-1 through 74-2-17, 74-3-1 through 74-3-16, 74-4-1 through 74-4-13, 74-4A-1 through 74-4A-19, 74-6B-1 through 74-6B-11 [repealed], 74-7-1 through 74-7-8, 7-8-1 through 7-8-3 [74-8-1 to 74-8-3], 74-9-1 through 74-9-42 and 75-1-1 through 75-1-6 NMSA 1978 are explicitly exempt from the authority of the secretary under the provisions of Subsection B of Section 6 [9-7A-6 NMSA 1978] of the Department of Environment Act. History: Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 12. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 38 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 29, 1991. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material "74-8-1 through 74-8-3" was inserted by the compiler to correct an apparent typographical error and is not part of the law. Laws 1993, ch. 298, § 5 repealed 74-6B-11 NMSA 1978, effective April 7, 1993.
NM Stat § 9-7A-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 9 - Executive Department|Article 7A - Department of Environment|Section 9-7A-13 - Water quality control commission; exemptions from authority of secretary of environment.

The water quality control commission shall receive staff support from the department of environment. All powers, duties and responsibilities of the water quality control commission under Sections 47-6-11, 74-6-3 through 74-6-8, 74-6-10 and 74-6-12 NMSA 1978 are hereby explicitly exempted from the authority of the secretary under provisions of Subsection B of Section 6 [9-7A-6 NMSA 1978] of the Department of Environment Act. History: 1978 Comp., § 9-7-14, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 253, § 77; recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 9-7A-13; 1991, ch. 25, § 25. ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective March 29, 1991, deleted "health and" preceding "environment" in the catchline; substituted "department of environment" for "environmental improvement division of the health and environment department" in the first sentence; and rewrote the second sentence, which read "All powers, duties and responsibilities of the water quality control commission under Sections 47-6-11, 61-30-4, 61-30-5, 61-30-7 through 61-30-9, 74-6-3 through 74-6-8, 74-6-10 and 74-6-12 NMSA 1978 are hereby explicitly exempted from the authority of the secretary of health and environment under provisions of Subsection B of Section 7 of the Health and Environment Department Act". Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Validity of statute prescribing standard of purity of water furnished for human consumption, 6 A.L.R. 475. Validity of statute, ordinance or other measure involving chemical treatment of public water supply, 43 A.L.R.2d 453.