New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV, Issue 13 / July 18, 2023
This is an amendment
to 16.48.1 NMAC, Section 14, effective 7/18/2023.
16.48.1.14 DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION OR
LICENSE AND NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES:
A. A private investigation company, private
investigations manager, private patrol company, private patrol operator and
private patrol operations manager license shall at all
times be posted in a conspicuous place in the New Mexico principal place of business of the licensee.
B. A copy of the registration or license of each
registrant or licensee employed, or under contract for services,
by a private investigation company or a private patrol company shall be
maintained in the main New Mexico office of the company and in the branch
office in which the registrant or licensee works.
C. A private investigator, private investigations
employee, polygraph examiner, security guard level one, security guard level
two or security guard level three registration [card] or license
issued by the department shall at all times be in the possession of and located
on the person of a registrant or licensee when working.
D. A private patrol company shall provide each security
guard employed, or under contract for security guard services, an
identification badge that includes the name of the company, the name of the
security guard and a photo of the security guard. The required photo must have
been taken within the preceding month of the creation of the identification
badge and must be updated at least every two years. A security guard shall wear the company
identification badge and the registration card issued by the department
on the outside of the guard's uniform so that the identification badge and
card [is] are visible to others.
E. If the private patrol company is unable to provide each
security guard employed, or under contract for security guard services, with an
identification badge, the security guard may obtain an identification badge
from the department at a cost established by the department.
[E] F. A licensee or a registrant shall notify the
department immediately in writing of a change in the email, mailing or
contact address of the licensee or registrant.
[F] G. Failure to notify the department within 30
days of changes required to be reported pursuant to this section or failure to
carry or display a registration or license as required is grounds for
suspension of a license or registration.
[16.48.1.14 NMAC – Re-pr & A, 16.48.1.14 NMAC,
9/24/2008; A, 1/15/2019; A, 7/18/2023]