A. The board shall hold four regular meetings every fiscal year.

B. During the second quarter of each year, the board shall hold its annual meeting during which it shall elect officers.

C. In addition to the regular meetings, the board may hold special meetings at the call of the president after written notice to all members of the board or at the written or electronic request of any two members.

D. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and shall be capable of conducting any board business. The vote of a majority of a quorum shall prevail, even though the vote may not represent an actual majority of all the board members.

History: 1978 Comp., § 61-6-3, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 3; 2003, ch. 19, § 3.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 3 repealed former 61-6-3 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1979, ch. 63, § 1, relating to bond of secretary-treasurer, reimbursement of board members and duties of officers, and enacted a new section, effective July 1, 1989.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, deleted "Two of those meetings shall be licensing meetings" from end of Subsection A; deleted former Subsection C relating to regular licensing meetings and redesignated former Subsections D and E as Subsections C and D; inserted "or electronic" following "at the written" in present Subsection C.

Implied powers of board. — Although the statutes are silent in respect to the powers of the board to contract generally, the board possesses the implied authority necessary to fulfill the duties for which the board was created. Among the implied powers of the board would be the authority to maintain office equipment, files and records incident to the carrying out of the board's statutory functions. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 62-87.

Board of medical examiners may negotiate lease of office space for board use; however, such lease may not, in the absence of specific statutory authority, lawfully be entered into for a time period in excess of that for which the legislature has made an appropriation for the payment of such expenses. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 62-87.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers § 21.