NMSA 61-6-37. Appointment of interstate medical licensure compact

61-6-37. Appointment of interstate medical licensure compact commissioners; duties. (Contingent repeal. See note below.) A. The governor shall appoint two members of the board who are licensed physicians to serve on the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact commission. One member shall be a medical doctor and one member shall be an osteopathic physician. A member shall serve until the member's successor has been appointed and qualified. Each member serves at the pleasure of the governor or until the member is no longer a member of the New Mexico medical board. If a position is vacated, the position shall be filled by appointment by the governor of a medical board member who meets the qualification of the vacating member. B. The governor may appoint an alternative commissioner who meets the qualifications of Subsection D of Article 10 of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact [11-21-2 NMSA 1978] to serve in the absence of a regular commissioner and who has voting authority only for a specified meeting of the interstate commission. C. If a meeting, or a portion of a meeting, of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact commission is closed pursuant to Subsection H of Article 10 of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, commissioners appointed pursuant to this section shall request the commission's legal counsel or designee to certify that the meeting may be closed by citing each provision of that subsection that is applicable. Commissioners may satisfy this subsection by making a motion, or voting in the affirmative on a motion, to have the interstate commission's legal counsel or designee certify that the meeting may be closed. D. Any time the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact commission is voting on what to include in the interstate commission's minutes, commissioners appointed pursuant to this section shall vote to include in the minutes: (1) all actions taken by the commission and the reasons for each action, including a description of the views expressed; and (2) identification of all documents considered by the commission that relate to an action taken by the commission. History: Laws 2026, ch. 3, § 4. E. In the event of a repeal pursuant to this section, the provisions of Article 20 of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact shall remain in effect and govern the withdrawal.