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NM Stat § 61-5A-25 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5A - Dental Health Care|Section 61-5A-25 - Protected actions and communications. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. No member of the board or the committee or any ad hoc committee appointed by the board or the committee shall bear liability or be subject to civil damages or criminal prosecutions for any action undertaken or performed within the proper functions of the board or the committee. B. All written and oral communication made by any person to the board or the committee relating to actual or potential disciplinary action, which includes complaints made to the board or the committee, shall be confidential communications and are not public records for the purposes of the Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA 1978]. All data, communications and information acquired, prepared or disseminated by the board or the committee relating to actual or potential disciplinary action or its investigation of complaints shall not be disclosed except to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of the board or the committee or in a judicial appeal from the actions of the board or the committee or in a referral of cases made to law enforcement agencies, national database clearinghouses or other licensing boards. C. Information contained in complaint files is public information and subject to disclosure when the board or the committee acts on a complaint and issues a notice of contemplated action or reaches a settlement prior to the issuance of a notice of contemplated action. D. No person or legal entity providing information to the board or the committee, whether as a report, a complaint or testimony, shall be subject to civil damages or criminal prosecutions. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 25; 2003, ch. 409, § 18. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978. The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, added "or in a referral of cases made to law enforcement agencies, national database clearinghouses or other licensing boards" following "or the committee" at the end of Subsection B; and added "or reaches a settlement prior to the issuance of a notice of contemplated action" following "contemplated action" at the end of Subsection C.
NM Stat § 61-5A-26 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5A - Dental Health Care|Section 61-5A-26 - Fund established. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. There is created in the state treasury the "board of dental health care fund". B. All money received by the board and money collected under the Dental Health Care Act shall be deposited with the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall credit this money to the board of dental health care fund except money collected for the impaired assessment, which shall be held separate from the board fund. Fees collected by the board from fines shall be deposited in the board of dental health care fund and, at the discretion of the board and the committee, may be transferred into the impaired dentists and dental hygienists fund. C. Payment out of the board of dental health care fund shall be on vouchers issued and signed by the secretary-treasurer of the board upon warrants drawn by the department of finance and administration in accordance with the budget approved by that department. D. Except as provided in Paragraph (7) of Subsection C of Section 3 of this 2017 act, all amounts paid into the board of dental health care fund are subject to the order of the board and are to be used only for meeting necessary expenses incurred in executing the provisions and duties of the Dental Health Care Act. All money unused at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund for use in accordance with provisions of the Dental Health Care Act. E. All funds that have accumulated to the credit of the board under any previous law shall be continued for use by the board in administration of the Dental Health Care Act. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 26; 2003, ch. 409, § 19; 2017 (1st S.S.), ch. 1, § 8. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978. Compiler's notes. — "Paragraph (7) of Subsection C of Section 3 of this 2017 act", referred to in Subsection D of this section, was a fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) transfer from the board of dental health care fund to the fiscal year 2017 appropriation account of the general fund. The 2017 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective May 26, 2017, authorized the transfer of funds from the board of dental health care fund to the fiscal year 2017 appropriation account of the general fund; in Subsection D, after the subsection designation, added "Except as provided in Paragraph (7) of Subsection C of Section 3 of this 2017 act". The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, inserted "of dental health care" following "money to the board" near the middle of the second sentence of Subsection B.
NM Stat § 61-5A-27 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5A - Dental Health Care|Section 61-5A-27 - Criminal Offender Employment Act. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [28-2-1 to 28-2-6 NMSA 1978] shall govern any consideration of criminal records required or permitted by the Dental Health Care Act. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 27. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5A-28 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5A - Dental Health Care|Section 61-5A-28 - Temporary provision. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

Until revised, rescinded or modified by the board or committee, regulations adopted under the Dental Act shall remain in effect upon enactment of the Dental Health Care Act and be enforced by the board or the committee. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 28. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5A-29 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5A - Dental Health Care|Section 61-5A-29 - Licensure or certification under prior law. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. Any person licensed as a dentist or hygienist under any prior laws of this state, whose license is valid on the effective date of the Dental Health Care Act, is held to be licensed under the Dental Health Care Act and is entitled to renewal of his license as provided in that act. B. Any person certified under any prior laws of this state, whose certificate is valid on the effective date of the Dental Health Care Act, is held to be certified under the Dental Health Care Act and is entitled to renewal of his certificate as provided in that act. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 29. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5A-30 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5A - Dental Health Care|Section 61-5A-30 - Termination of agency life; delayed repeal. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

The New Mexico board of dental health care is terminated on July 1, 2023 pursuant to the Sunset Act [12-9-11 to 12-9-21 NMSA 1978]. The board shall continue to operate according to the provisions of the Dental Health Care Act and the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act [61-5B-1 to 61-5B-11 NMSA 1978] until July 1, 2024. Effective July 1, 2024, the Dental Health Care Act and the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act are repealed. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 42; 1997, ch. 46, § 5; 2003, ch. 409, § 20; 2003, ch. 428, § 4; 2009, ch. 96, § 4; 2015, ch. 119, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, extended the termination date for the New Mexico board of dental health care to July 1, 2023, and the repeal date to July 1, 2024. The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, extended the termination date to July 1, 2015 and the repeal date to July 1, 2016. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, inserted "termination of agency life" in the section heading; in the first sentence substituted "2009" for "2003" and substituted "2010" for "2004" in the second and third sentences. Identical amendments to this section were made by Laws 2003, ch. 409, § 70. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2003, ch. 428, § 4. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, substituted "2003" for "1997" in the first sentence and substituted "2004" for "1998" in the second and third sentences.
NM Stat § 61-5B-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-1 - Short title. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

Sections 31 [30] through 41 [61-5B-1 to 61-5B-11 NMSA 1978] of this act shall be cited as the "Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act". History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 30. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Notwithstanding the language "Sections 31 through 41 of this act," the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act includes Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 30, compiled as 61-5B-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5B-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-2 - Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

As used in the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act: A. "board" means the New Mexico board of dental health care; B. "dental hygienists committee" means the New Mexico dental hygienists committee; C. "dentistry or dental hygiene" means the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene; and D. "licensee" means a dentist or dental hygienist licensed by the board. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 31; 2003, ch. 409, § 21. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978. The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, deleted "of the New Mexico board of dental health care" following "dental hygienists committee" at the end of Subsection B.
NM Stat § 61-5B-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-3 - Grounds for restriction, suspension, revocation, stipulation or other limitation of license. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

The license of any dentist or dental hygienist to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state shall be subject to restriction, suspension, revocation, stipulation or may otherwise be limited in case of inability of the licensee to practice with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of one or more of the following: A. mental illness; B. physical illness, including but not limited to deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skills; C. habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs, as defined in the Controlled Substances Act [Chapter 30, Article 31 NMSA 1978]; or D. habitual or excessive use or abuse of alcohol. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 32. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Rights as to notice and hearing in proceeding to revoke or suspend license to practice medicine, 10 A.L.R.5th 1.
NM Stat § 61-5B-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-4 - Board or dental hygienists committee; additional powers and duties as related to the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. If the board or dental hygienists committee has reasonable cause to believe that a person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety to patients because of a condition described in the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act, the board shall cause an examination of such licensee to be made and shall, following the examination, take appropriate action within the provisions of the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act. B. Examination of a licensee pursuant to an order of the board shall be conducted by an examining committee designated by the board. Each examining committee shall be composed of two duly licensed dentists or two duly licensed dental hygienists if the licensee is a dental hygienist and two duly licensed physicians, one of whom shall be a psychiatrist who is knowledgeable and experienced in the field of chemical dependency if a question of mental illness or dependency is involved. Whenever possible, examining committee members shall be selected for their knowledge or experience in the areas of alcoholism, chemical dependency, mental health and geriatrics and may be rehabilitated impaired dentists, dental hygienists or physicians. In designating the members of such examining committee, the board may consider nominations from the New Mexico dental association for the dentist member, the New Mexico dental hygienists' association for dental hygiene members thereof and nomination from the New Mexico medical society for the physician members thereof. No current members of the board, dental hygienists committee or New Mexico board of medical examiners [New Mexico medical board] shall be designated as a member of an examining committee. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 33. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5B-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-5 - Examination by committee. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. The examining committee assigned to examine a licensee pursuant to referral by the board shall conduct an examination of the licensee for the purpose of determining the fitness of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene with reasonable skill and safety to patients, either on a restricted or unrestricted basis, and shall report its findings and recommendations to the board. The findings and recommendations shall be based on findings by the examining committee that the licensee examined possesses one or more of the impairments set forth in the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act and such impairment does, in fact, affect the ability of the licensee to skillfully and safely practice dentistry or dental hygiene. The examining committee shall order the licensee to appear before it for hearing and give the licensee fifteen days notice of time and place of the hearing, together with a statement of the cause for such examination. The notice shall be served upon the licensee either personally or by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested. B. If the examining committee, in its discretion, deems a mental or physical examination of the licensee necessary to its determination of the fitness of the licensee to practice, the examining committee shall order the licensee to submit to such examination. Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state shall, by so practicing or by making or filing an annual registration to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state, be deemed to have: (1) given consent to submit to mental or physical examination when so directed by the examining committee; and (2) waived all objections to the admissibility of the report of the examining committee to the board or the dental hygienists committee on the grounds of privileged communication. C. Any licensee who submits to a diagnostic mental or physical examination as ordered by the examining committee shall have a right to designate an accompanying individual to be present at the examination and make an independent report to the board. D. Failure of a licensee to comply with an examining committee order under Subsection B of this section to appear before it for hearing or to submit to mental or physical examination under this section shall be reported by the examining committee to the board or dental hygienists committee and, unless due to circumstances beyond the control of the licensee, shall be grounds for the immediate and summary suspension by the board of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state until further order of the board. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 34. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5B-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-6 - Voluntary restriction of licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. A licensee may request in writing to the board a restriction to practice under his existing license, and the board and the dental hygienists committee shall have authority, if it deems appropriate, to attach stipulations to the licensure of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene within specified limitations and waive the commencement of any proceeding. Removal of a voluntary restriction on licensure to practice dentistry or dental hygiene shall be subject to the procedure for reinstatement of license. As a condition for accepting such voluntary limitation of practice, the board may require each licensee to: (1) agree to and accept care, counseling or treatment of physicians or other appropriate health care providers acceptable to the board; (2) participate in a program of education prescribed by the board; or (3) practice under the direction of a dentist acceptable to the board for a specified period of time. B. Subject to the provisions of the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act, a violation of any of the conditions of the voluntary limitation of practice statement by such licensee shall be due cause for the refusal of renewal, or the suspension or revocation, of the license by the board. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 35. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5B-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-7 - Report to the board or dental hygienists committee; action. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. The examining committee shall report to the board or the dental hygienists committee its findings on the examination of the licensee, the determination of the examining committee as to the fitness of the licensee to engage in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene with reasonable skill and safety to patients, either on a restricted or unrestricted basis, and any intervention that the examining committee may recommend. Such recommendation by the examining committee shall be advisory only and shall not be binding on the board. B. The board or dental hygienists committee may accept or reject the recommendation of the examining committee to permit a licensee to continue to practice with or without any restriction on his licensure to practice dentistry or dental hygiene or may refer the matter back to the examining committee for further examination and report thereon. C. In the absence of a voluntary agreement by a licensee for restriction of the licensure of the dentist or the dental hygienist to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, any licensee shall be entitled to a hearing before the board under and in accordance with the procedure contained in the Uniform Licensing Act [61-1-1 to 61-1-31 NMSA 1978] and a determination on the evidence as to whether or not restriction, suspension or revocation of licensure shall be imposed. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 36. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 61-5B-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses|Article 5B - Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists|Section 61-5B-8 - Proceedings. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. The board may formally proceed against a licensee under the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act in accordance with the procedures contained in the Uniform Licensing Act [61-1-1 to 61-1-31 NMSA 1978]. B. When the licensee being considered for action is a dental hygienist, the board shall act upon recommendation of the dental hygienists committee on all aspects of procedures in the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act. C. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board or the dental hygienists committee shall make the following findings: (1) whether or not the licensee is impaired by one of the grounds for restriction, suspension or revocation listed herein; (2) whether or not such impairment does in fact limit the ability of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene skillfully and safely; (3) to what extent such impairment limits the ability of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene skillfully and safely and whether the board or dental hygienists committee finds that such impairment is such that the license should be suspended, revoked or restricted in the licensee's practice of dentistry or dental hygiene; and (4) if the finding recommends suspension or restriction of the ability of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, then the board shall make specific recommendations as to the length and nature of the suspension or restriction and shall recommend how such suspension or restriction shall be carried out and supervised. D. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board or the dental hygienists committee shall make a determination of the merits and may order one or more of the following: (1) placement of the licensee on probation on such terms and conditions as it deems proper for the protection of the public; (2) suspension or restriction of the license of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene for the duration of the licensee's impairment; (3) revocation of the license of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene; or (4) reinstatement of the license of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without restriction. E. The board may temporarily suspend the license of any licensee without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under the Uniform Licensing Act, if it finds that the evidence in support of the determination of the examining committee is clear and convincing and that continuation in practice would constitute an imminent danger to public health and safety. F. Neither the record of the proceeding nor any order entered against a licensee may be used against the licensee in any other legal proceeding except upon judicial review. History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 37. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.