N.M. Stat. § 27-7A-7
Adoption of rules.
By January 1, 2006, the department of health and the aging and long-term services
department shall jointly establish and adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Employee Abuse Registry Act, including procedures for determining abuse,
neglect and exploitation that consider the severity of the alleged abuse, neglect and
exploitation and procedures for reporting for the administrative hearing process and for
sanctions for failure to comply with the Employee Abuse Registry Act.