New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 20 / October 21, 2025
NOTICE
OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING AND BOARD MEETING
The New Mexico Nutrition and
Dietetics Practice Board will hold a rule hearing on Monday, December 15, 2025,
at 10:00 a.m., immediately followed by a meeting of the board to consider any
public comment and adoption of the proposed rule listed below and take care of
other business. 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, Rio Grande Conference Room, located at 2550
Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.
The
meeting will also be held via Microsoft Teams for those desiring to attend
virtually.
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2235936604183?p=qCtvCdiiIWpTJnXvaH
Meeting
ID: 223 593 660 418 3
Passcode:
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Dial
in by phone
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505-312-4308,,672501037# United States, Albuquerque
Phone
conference ID: 672 501 037#
The
purpose of the rule hearing is to consider the proposed amendments to the
following rules:
16.14.2
Fees
The
agenda for the rule hearing and 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/nutrition-and-dietetics/board-information/nd-board-meetings
. Copies of the agenda may also be obtained by
contacting Roxann Ortiz at 505-795-5576.
The Nutrition
and Dietetics Practice Board will begin accepting written public comments
regarding the proposed rule changes on November 15, 2025. If submitting written
public comment prior to the rule hearing, the Nutrition and Dietetics Practice
Board will accept written public comments received by 10:00 a.m. on December 15,
2025.All written comments will be posted to the Board’s website link above, no
more than three business days following receipt to allow for public view. Written
comments may be submitted by email to nutritiondieteticsbd@rld.nm.gov or by postal mail to the following address:
New
Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department
Attn: Nutrition
and Dietetics Practice Board
P.O. Box 25101
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Public
comment will also be accepted during the rule hearing and may be presented
orally, or in writing. Individuals who would like to participate and offer
public comment must appear in person. The
members of the Nutrition and Dietetics Practice Board will not engage in
substantive discussion of public comments during the rule hearing but will
consider all public comments during the board meeting following the conclusion
of the rule hearing.
For inclement weather: If New Mexico state
offices are placed on a two-hour delay due to inclement weather, the rule
hearing will be pushed back two hours from the noticed hearing time. If New
Mexico state offices are closed due to inclement weather, the rule hearing will
be rescheduled as soon as possible.
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
Roxann Ortiz at 505-795-5576.
Statutory
Authority:
The
proposed rule changes are authorized by the Nutrition and Dietetics Practice
Act, Sections 61-7A-1 through 61- 7A-15 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 the Proposed Rules:
The
proposed rule changes are intended to add an administrative fee for electronic
processing to allow the board to pay for the ongoing maintenance and licensing
of the NM-Plus system. 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 Changes:
16.14.2.7
NMAC: Fees:
Changes
to this rule will allow for a ten dollar ($10) administrative fee for
electronic processing per year to fund the ongoing maintenance and licensing of
the NM-Plus system.