2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses › Article 8 - Podiatry › Section 61-8-5 - Podiatry advisory committee created; members; qualifications; terms; vacancies.

A. The "podiatry advisory committee" is created to advise the board regarding licensure of podiatric physicians and efforts to recruit and retain podiatric physicians for practice in this state. The committee shall consist of three members, one member who shall be the executive director of the New Mexico podiatric medical association serving as an ex-officio member and two members who shall be podiatric physicians licensed to practice in New Mexico who have been actively engaged in the practice of podiatry for at least three consecutive years immediately prior to their appointments.
B. Members of the committee shall be appointed by the board from a list of names submitted to the board by the New Mexico podiatric medical association or its authorized governing body or council. The list shall be submitted to the board within thirty days of a vacancy and shall contain at least three qualified podiatric physicians for each member to be appointed. Member vacancies shall be filled in the same manner. Committee members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified.
History:
1953 Comp., § 67-6-5, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 221, § 5; 1979, ch. 385, § 1; 1991, ch. 189, § 11; 1998, ch. 24, § 5; 2003, ch. 408, § 7; 2023, ch. 141, § 7.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2023 amendment,
effective June 16, 2023, changed the board of podiatry to the podiatry advisory committee, and provided the qualifications for members of the podiatry advisory committee; in the section heading, substituted "Board" with "Podiatry advisory committee", deleted "removal"; in Subsection A, deleted "There is created a 'board of podiatry'. The board shall be administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department." and added "The 'podiatry advisory committee' is created to advise the board regarding licensure of podiatric physicians and efforts to recruit and retain podiatric physicians for practice in this state.", after "The", deleted "board" and added "committee", after "shall consist of", deleted "five" and added "three", after "members", deleted "three of whom" and added "one member who shall be the executive director of the New Mexico podiatric medical association serving as an ex-officio member and two members who", after "shall be", deleted "podiatrists" and added "podiatric physicians", and deleted "and two members who shall represent the public and who shall not have been licensed as podiatrists, nor shall the public members have any significant financial interest, whether direct or indirect, in the occupation regulated"; in Subsection B, after "Members of the", deleted "board required to be licensed podiatrists" and added "committee", after "appointed by the", deleted "governor", after "board", deleted "members shall be appointed for staggered terms of five years each, made in a manner that the terms of not more than two board members end on December 31 of each year commencing with 1978. Board" and added "from a list of names submitted to the board by the New Mexico podiatric medical association or its authorized governing body or council. The list shall be submitted to the board within thirty days of a vacancy and shall contain at least three qualified podiatric physicians for each member to be appointed. Member vacancies shall be filled in the same manner. Committee" and deleted "A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the governor."; and deleted Subsections C through E.
Temporary provisions.
— Laws 2023, ch. 141, § 18 provided that on July 1, 2023:
A. all functions, personnel, records, equipment, supplies and other property of the board of podiatry shall be transferred to the podiatry advisory committee; and
B. all money and appropriations of the board of podiatry shall be transferred to the New Mexico medical board fund.
The 2003 amendment,
effective July 1, 2003, added "The board shall be administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department." following the first sentence of Subsection A; deleted "All members of the state board of podiatry in office on the effective date of the Podiatry Act shall serve out their unexpired terms." following "appointment by the governor" at the end of Subsection B; and deleted "for any reason" following "event of a vacancy" near the beginning of Subsection E.
The 1998 amendment,
effective July 1, 1998, deleted "members of the New Mexico podiatry society and" preceding "actively engaged" in Subsection A; deleted "from a list of not more than five names for each vacancy submitted to him by the New Mexico podiatry society" following "governor" at the end of the first sentence in Subsection B; substituted "rule" for "regulation" in Subsection C; substituted "rules" for "regulations" in Subsection D; and in Subsection E, inserted "and" following "governor", and deleted "and the New Mexico podiatry society" following "board members".
The 1991 amendment,
effective June 14, 1991, in Subsection A, substituted "five members" for "four members" and "appointments and two members" for "appointment and one" and made related stylistic changes in the second sentence and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection B.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references.
— 63C Am. Jur. 2d Public Officers and Employees §§ 11, 42, 43, 48-56, 88, 105-114, 116-118, 120-122.
73 C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 9, 13 to 14.