As used in the Uniform Licensing Act:

A. "board" means:

(1) the construction industries commission, the construction industries division and the electrical bureau, mechanical bureau and general construction bureau of the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department;

(2) the manufactured housing committee and manufactured housing division of the regulation and licensing department;

(3) a board, commission or agency that administers a profession or occupation licensed pursuant to Chapter 61 NMSA 1978; and

(4) any other state agency to which the Uniform Licensing Act is applied by law;

B. "applicant" means a person who has applied for a license;

C. "license" means a certificate, permit or other authorization to engage in each of the professions and occupations regulated by the boards enumerated in Subsection A of this section;

D. "revoke a license" means to prohibit the conduct authorized by the license;

E. "suspend a license" means to prohibit, for a stated period of time, the conduct authorized by the license. "Suspend a license" also means to allow, for a stated period of time, the conduct authorized by the license, subject to conditions that are reasonably related to the grounds for suspension; and

F. "emergency" includes any man-made or natural disaster causing or threatening widespread physical or economic harm that is beyond local control and requires the resources of the state.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-26-2, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 247, § 2; 1959, ch. 223, § 13; 1969, ch. 6, § 1; 1971, ch. 54, § 2; 1973, ch. 259, § 4; 1977, ch. 245, § 165; 1981, ch. 62, § 16; 1981, ch. 349, § 1; 1983, ch. 295, § 26; 1989, ch. 6, § 49; 1989, ch. 51, § 26; 1989, ch. 387, § 16; 1990, ch. 75, § 24; 1991, ch. 147, § 26; 1993, ch. 49, § 31; 1993, ch. 171, § 25; 1993, ch. 295, § 1; 2002, ch. 83, § 1.

The 2002 amendment, effective March 5, 2002, added Subsection F.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, rewrote Subsection A.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, in Subsection A, added Paragraphs (35) and (36), designated former Paragraph (35) as Paragraph (37) and made a related stylistic change, and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection E.

The 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, in Subsection A, substituted "professional engineers and surveyors" for "professional engineers and land surveyors" in Paragraph (16), substituted "construction industries commission and construction industries division" for "construction industries committee and division" in Paragraph (20), deleted "Polygraphy Act and the" preceding "Private Investigators Act" in Paragraph (25), added present Paragraphs (28) to (34), designated former Paragraph (28) as present Paragraph (35), and made a minor stylistic change.

The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, in Subsection A(20), substituted "regulation and licensing department" for "commerce and industry department"; in Subsection A(24), inserted "manufactured housing" preceding "division" and substituted "regulation and licensing department" for "commerce and industry department"; added Subsection A(27); and redesignated former Subsection A(27) as Subsection A(28).