2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 14E - Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
Section 61-14E-10 - Fund established; disposition; method of payment.
A. There is created in the state treasury the "radiologic technology fund".
B. All fees received by the department pursuant to the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Health and Safety Act shall be deposited with the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall place the money to the credit of the radiologic technology fund.
C. Payments out of the radiologic technology fund shall be on vouchers issued and signed by the person designated by the department upon warrants drawn by the department of finance and administration and shall be used by the department for the purpose of meeting necessary expenses incurred in the enforcement of the purposes of the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Health and Safety Act, the duties imposed by that act and the promotion of education and standards for medical imaging technology and radiation therapy in this state. All money unexpended or unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the radiologic technology fund for use in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Health and Safety Act.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 317, § 10; 1989, ch. 324, § 32; 1993, ch. 140, § 6; 2009, ch. 106, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, changed the name of the act from "Medical Radiation Health and Safety Act" to "Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Health and Safety Act", and in Subsection C, changed "radiologic technology" to "medical imaging technology and radiation therapy".
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "department" for "division" in the first sentence of Subsection B and in two places in the first sentence of Subsection C.
The 1989 amendment, effective April 7, 1989, deleted the former last sentence of Subsection C, which read "Any income earned on investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund for use as provided in that act".
