New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 3 - STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE › Part 2 - POLICIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR › Section 7.3.2.9 - ADMINISTRATION - ORGANIZATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				Citations and regulations:
(1)
										24-11-1
				NMSA 1978 - There is created the "board of medical investigators" consisting of
				the dean of the medical school at the university of New Mexico, the secretary
				of health and environment, the chief of the state police and the chairman of
				the state board of thanatopractice of the state of New Mexico. The members of
				the board of medical investigators shall receive no compensation for their
				services as board members other than as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage
				Act [10-8-1 to
				10-8-8 NMSA
				1978].
(2)
										24-11-2 NMSA
				1978:
(a) The board of medical investigations
				shall meet at least annually and as often as necessary to conduct the business
				of the board. Additional meetings may be called by the chairman or by a
				majority of the members of the board.
(b) At the first annual meeting of the board,
				the members shall elect one of their number as chairman.
(c) The board of medical investigations shall
				formulate broad policy for the operation of the office of the state medical
				investigator and the offices of the district medical investigators.
(d) The board of medical investigations shall
				employ and fix the compensation of a qualified state medical investigator who
				shall be assigned as an employee of the university of New Mexico school of
				medicine.
(3)
										24-11-3
				NMSA 1978:
(a) The state medical investigator
				shall be a physician licensed to practice in New Mexico. Insofar as
				practicable, the medical investigator shall be trained in the fields of
				pathology and forensic medicine.
(b) The state medical investigator shall
				maintain his office at the school of medicine at the university of New
				Mexico.
(c) The state medical
				investigator shall appoint district medical investigators and, where necessary,
				deputy medical investigators who shall serve at his pleasure. The state medical
				investigator may assign deputy medical investigators to districts to work under
				the supervision of a district medical investigator. The district medical
				investigator shall be a licensed physician. When deemed necessary by the state
				medical investigator, he may direct a deputy or district medical examiner to
				enter another district for the purpose of carrying out medical
				investigations.
(d) Any district
				created by the state medical investigator to be staffed by a district medical
				investigator shall be co-extensive with one or more counties.
(e) The state medical investigator may enter
				into agreements for services to be performed by persons in the cofurse of
				medical investigations.
(f) The
				state medical investigator shall, subject to the approval of the board of
				medical investigations, promulgate rules and regulations for the proper
				investigation of deaths occurring within this state.
(g) The state medical investigator shall
				maintain records of the deaths occurring within this state which are
				investigated by either state or district medical investigators.
(h) In addition to other duties prescribed in
				this section, the state medical investigator shall also serve as the district
				medical investigator for Bernalillo county.
(i) Funds for the operation of the state and
				district medical investigators' offices shall be appropriated to and
				administered by the university of New Mexico school of medicine.