No board agent, member nor hearing examiner shall decide or otherwise participate in any case or proceeding in which he or she (a) has a financial interest in the outcome; (b) is indebted to any party, or related to any party or any agent or officer of a party by consanguinity within the third degree; (c) has acted on behalf of any party within two years of the commencement of the case or proceeding; or (d) for some other reason or prejudice, he or she cannot fairly or impartially consider the issues in the proceeding.
N.M. Admin. Code § 11.21.1.13