New Mexico
Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 21 / November 8, 2022
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
RULE HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING
The New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care
will hold a rule hearing on Friday, December 9, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. Following the rule hearing, the Board will
convene a regular board meeting to adopt the rules and take care of regular
business. The rule hearing and board
meeting will be held via Webex:
https://nmrld.webex.com/nmrld/onstage/g.php?MTID=e48fe4b43453eec1a66f3fc01799f4d68
To
join the meeting by phone:
1-415-655-0002 United States Toll
Access
Code: 2485 583 4810
The
purpose of the rule hearing is to consider proposed amendments to the following
rules:
16.5.5
- Dentists, Fees
16.5.18
- Dental Hygienists, Fees
16.5.59
- Licensure for Military Service Members, Spouses, Dependent Children and
Veterans
To
obtain and review copies of the proposed changes and public comments, you may
go to the Board’s website at: https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/dhc-laws-rules-and-policies/
or contact the Boards and Commissions Division at (505) 476-4622.
The
Board is currently accepting public written comments on the proposed amendments. Please submit written comments on the proposed
changes to Roberta Perea, Board Administrator, via electronic mail at: Dental.Board@state.nm.us, or by regular mail at P.O. Box 25101,
Santa Fe, NM 87504, no later than Thursday, December 8, 2022. Written comments received prior to the rule
hearing will be posted to the RLD website at: https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/dhc-laws-rules-and-policies/.
Persons will also be given the
opportunity to present their written or oral comments at the public rule
hearing.
The agenda for the board meeting
will be posted and available at least 72 hours before the meeting on the Board
website at: https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care-overview/dhc-board-information/dhc-board-meetings/. Copies
of the rules or the agenda may also be obtained by contacting Roberta Perea,
Board Administrator at (505) 476-4622.
An
individual with a disability who is in need of a
reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or other form of
auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing, please
contact Roberta Perea, Board Administrator (505) 476-4622.
Statutory
Authority:
The
Dental Health Care Act, Paragraph (4) of Subsection B of Section 61-5A-10 and
61-5A-13.1 NMSA 1978 authorizes the Board to promulgate rules necessary to
provide to regulate the practice of dentistry, dental therapy
and dental assisting and through the committee, regulate the practice of dental
hygiene. Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 of the Uniform Licensing Act, requires the
Board to “determine those states and territories of the United States and
District of Columbia from which the board will not accept an applicant for
expedited licensure and those foreign countries from which the Board will
accept an applicant for expedited licensure.”
Purpose of the
Proposed Rules:
The proposed rules are intended to address
recent statutory changes to the Uniform Licensing Act and the Dental Health
Care Act. See H.B. 191, 56th Leg., Regular
Session. (N.M. 2022), available at https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/22%20Regular/final/HB0191.pdf.
Summary of
Proposed Changes:
16.5.5 - Dentists,
Fees
The
proposed amendments to this section adds a new
category of fees for expedited licensure.
16.5.18 - Dental
Hygienists, Fees
The
proposed amendments to this section adds a new
category of fees for expedited licensure.
16.5.59 -
Licensure for Military Service Members, Spouses, Dependent Children and
Veterans
The
proposed amendments to this section comply with the statutory changes to the
Dental Health Care Practice Act and the Uniform Licensing Act for licensure by
examination and expedited licensure which includes adding language regarding
disapproved licensing jurisdictions and the requirements for expedited
licensure. Additionally, the proposed
amendments to this section comply with the statutory changes to the Uniform
Licensing Act regarding expedited licensure for military service members,
spouses, dependents and veterans.