A. There is created the "board of nursing home administrators". The board shall be administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department. The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor to three-year terms staggered so that no more than three terms expire in any one year. Three members of the board shall be nursing home administrators licensed and practicing under the Nursing Home Administrators Act for a minimum of five years and who have never been disciplined by the board, one member shall be a practicing physician licensed in this state and three members shall be from the public who have no significant financial interest, direct or indirect, in the nursing home industry. B. Within ninety days of a vacancy, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the unexpired portion of the term. Board members shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the state, and not more than one member shall be an employee of a state or other public agency. History: 1953 Comp., § 67-37-3, enacted by Laws 1970, ch. 61, § 3; 1977, ch. 34, § 1; 1991, ch. 189, § 19; 1993, ch. 245, § 2; 1997, ch. 267, § 1; 2003, ch. 408, § 19. Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-13-17 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For the Uniform Licensing Act, see 61-1-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "The board shall be administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department. The board shall consist" for "consisting" following "nursing home administrators" near the beginning of Subsection A. The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, rewrote the section to such an extent that a detailed comparison would be impracticable. The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted the former third and fourth sentences of Subsection B, which related to the qualifications of the three members of the board initially appointed as nursing home or hospital administrators. The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, deleted "of examiners" following "Board" in the section heading; in Subsection A, substituted "created the" for "created a state" and "seven members" for "five members" in the first sentence, substituted "one member" for "two members" and added "and three members shall be from the public" at the end of the second sentence and made related stylistic changes; in Subsection B, deleted the former first sentence relating to appointment of members of the original board, divided the former second sentence into two sentences and rewrote the provision which read "Thereafter all appointments to the board shall be for a term of three years or less so that the term of each member expires on June 30 in the third year after his appointment", substituted "three members" for "four members" in the fourth and fifth sentences, substituted "health services division of the health and environment department" for "health facilities service division of the health and social services department" in the fifth sentence and made related and minor stylistic changes throughout the section. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 70 C.J.S. Asylums § 5.
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