New Mexico
Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 12 / June 25, 2024
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING AND BOARD MEETING
The New Mexico Board of Nursing Home Administrators
will hold a rule hearing on Friday, August 9, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., immediately
followed by a meeting of the board to consider any public comment and adoption
of the proposed rules listed below.
Public participation is welcomed, and comments may be
submitted in writing during the public comment period, or in person during the
public rule hearing. The hearing and subsequent meeting will take place at the
Regulation and Licensing Department, Toney Anaya Building, Rio Grande
Conference Room, located at 2550 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.
The hearing and subsequent meeting may also be
accessed virtually via Microsoft Teams.
Meeting
Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting
Meeting ID: 219 843 471 521 Passcode: DCrSWR
or
Join by Phone: +1-505-312-4308
Phone Access Code: 876 599 891#
The purpose of the rule hearing is to consider changes
to the current rule:
16.13.3 NMAC – Application for Licensure
by Examination.
Copies of the proposed rule may be obtained through
the board website or contacting the Board Administrator through the information
below:
https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/nursing-home-administrators/statutes-rules-and-rule-hearings/
Jen Rodgers, Sr. Board Administrator
(505) 476-4622 – Main Line for the Boards and
Commissions Division
Nursinghome.adminbd@rld.nm.gov
Written comment will be accepted during the public
comment period, up until Friday, August 9, 2024, and may be submitted either by
email or by postal mail to the following addresses:
Nursinghome.adminbd@rld.nm.gov
Attn: New Mexico Board of Nursing Home Administrators
P.O. Box 25101
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Written comments received during the public comment
period prior to the public rule hearing will be posted to the board website
page linked above. Public comment will also be accepted during the rule hearing
and may be submitted in writing or presented orally by those attending both
in-person and virtually. The board will not enter into substantive discussion
of public comments during the rule hearing, but will
consider and deliberate any public comment during the board meeting immediately
following the conclusion of the public rule hearing.
The agenda for the board meeting, which will begin
immediately after the public rule hearing, will available no less than 72 hours
prior to the meeting, and available on the Board website linked above or by
contacting the Board Administrator.
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 the Board Administrator.
Statutory Authority:
The proposed
rule changes are authorized by the Nursing Home Administrators Act, Sections
61-13-1 through 61-13-17 NMSA 1978, which provides explicit authority for the
board to promulgate rules to protect public health and safety and carry out the
provisions of the Act.
The rulemaking
and public rule hearing is governed by the State Rules Act, Sections 14-4-1
through 14-4-11 NMSA 1978, and the Default Procedural Rule for Rulemaking
promulgated by the New Mexico Department of Justice, Parts 1.24.25.1 through
1.24.25.16 NMAC.
Purpose of Proposed Rules:
The proposed
rule changes are intended to provide additional options for qualifying for
licensure through the Health Services Executive credentialing. More generally,
the proposed rule changes are intended to provide greater clarity in existing
regulatory and statutory requirements, ensure continued high levels of
professionalism among licensees and certificate holders, and to generally
satisfy the Board’s statutory obligation to promote, preserve and protect the
public health, safety and welfare.
Summary of
Proposed Rule:
16.13.3 NMAC – Application for Licensure
by Examination;
Changes to this rule will provide an additional
licensing pathway for those who hold the Health Services Executive
credentialing.