New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 3 - ATHLETIC TRAINERS › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16.3.1.8 - BOARD OPERATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. License
				display. A valid license must be displayed and must be visible to the public in
				the primary place of employment or business of the athletic trainer. A licensee
				must practice athletic training under the name inscribed on the
				license.
B. Board elections. At the
				first board meeting of each calendar year the board shall elect, by majority
				vote of the members present, a chairman and vice chairman. Officers will serve
				a one-year term of office. A vacancy, which occurs in any office, shall be
				filled, by a majority vote of the board members present, at the first board
				meeting following the vacancy.
C.
				Quorum. A quorum of the board is three members. A quorum is necessary to
				conduct official business.
D.
				Telephone or video conferences, or virtual means. If it is difficult or
				impossible for a member of the board to attend a meeting in person, the member
				may participate through a telephone or video conference, or virtual means. Each
				member participating by conference telephone must be identified when speaking,
				all participants must be able to hear each other at the same time and members
				of the public attending the meeting must be able to hear any member of the
				board who speaks during the meeting.
E. Board meetings. The board shall meet at
				least annually. Additional meetings shall be held as necessary to conduct the
				business of the board. Meetings may be convened at the call of the chair, or
				upon written request of three board members.
F. Member attendance at meetings. Board
				members are required to attend board meetings as scheduled by the board. Any
				member failing to attend three consecutive meetings shall be deemed to have
				resigned and shall be recommended to the governor for removal, unless the
				absences are excused by the board chair.
G. Excused absences. Board members may be
				excused from attending meetings for any of the following reasons: illness,
				family emergency, military service, death in the immediate family, or for any
				other reason deemed appropriate by the board chair.
H. Open meeting resolution. The board shall
				review the Open Meetings Act and adopt an open meeting resolution at the first
				meeting in each calendar year.
I.
				Public records. Except as provided herein and except as otherwise provided by
				law, all applications, pleadings, petitions and motions are matters of public
				record as of the time of filing with the board.
J. Inspection of public records. The board
				operates in compliance with the Inspection of Public Records Act, Sections
				14-2-1
				through 14-2-16 NMSA 1978. The board administrator is the custodian of the
				board's records. Individuals may make oral or written request to inspect the
				public records of the board. If the request is made in writing it must include
				the name, address and phone number of the individual seeking access. Requests
				for access to public records will be processed in a timely manner. If the
				inspection is not permitted within 3 business days, the custodian will notify
				the individual requesting access to the records in writing and explain when the
				records will be made available. The board may provide copies of public records
				upon request and upon payment of a reasonable copying fee, except as may be
				ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. No person shall remove original
				board documents from the board office. The board maintains files for all
				individuals. Information in an individual's file is a matter of public record
				except for the following:
(1) letters of
				reference;
(2) test
				scores;
(3) medical reports and/or
				records of chemical dependency, physical or mental examinations or
				treatment.