N.M. Stat. § 12-8-12
Decision.
No agency or member thereof shall:
A. participate in a final decision in an adjudicatory proceeding unless he has heard
the evidence or read the record. A final decision or order in an adjudicatory proceeding
shall be in writing or stated in the record. A final or tentative decision shall include
findings of fact and conclusions of law, separately stated. Findings of fact, if set forth in
statutory language, shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of the
underlying facts supporting the findings. If, in accordance with agency rules or practice
or as authorized by the Administrative Procedures Act, a party submits proposed
findings of fact and conclusions of law, the agency shall rule upon each proposed
finding and conclusion. Parties shall be notified either personally or by mail of any
decision or order. A copy of the decision or order shall be delivered or mailed forthwith
to each party or to his attorney of record; or
B. impose any sanction or substantive rule or order except within jurisdiction
delegated to the agency and as authorized by law.