2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 7A - Nutrition and Dietetics Practices
Section 61-7A-5 - Board created. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

A. There is created the "nutrition and dietetics practice board", administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department. The board shall consist of five members who are New Mexico residents and who are appointed by the governor for staggered three-year terms. Three members shall be licensed dietitians or nutritionists with at least three years of nutrition or dietetics practice in New Mexico and two members shall represent the public. There shall be at least one dietitian and at least one nutritionist on the board at all times. The public members shall not have been licensed as a dietitian or nutritionist or have any financial interest, direct or indirect, in the professions regulated.

B. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which appointed or until a successor has been appointed. Vacancies shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term within ninety days of the vacancy by appointment by the governor.

C. No board member shall serve more than two full terms.

D. The board shall elect annually a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary. The board shall meet as often as necessary for the conduct of business, but no less than twice a year. Meetings shall be called by the chairman or upon the written request of two or more members of the board. Three members, at least two of whom are professional members and at least one of whom is a public member, shall constitute a quorum. Any member failing to attend, after proper notice, three consecutive meetings shall automatically be removed as a board member.

E. The members of the board shall be reimbursed as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 387, § 5; 1996, ch. 51, § 1.

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-7A-15 NMSA 1978.

The 1996 amendment, effective March 5, 1996, in Subsection A, substituted "five" for "seven" in the second sentence, inserted "licensed" and substituted "two" for "four" in third sentence and rewrote the fourth sentence; deleted former Subsection B relating to initial appointments to the board and redesignated the following subsections accordingly; and in Subsection D, substituted "two" for "three" in the third sentence, substituted "Three" for "Four" and "one" for "two" in the fourth sentence and added the last sentence.