N.M. Admin. Code § 16.7.16.8
The authority of the massage therapy board to issue a notice of contemplated action against any licensee or applicant for licensure whose name appears on the certified list issued by the New Mexico department of human services, as provided in 40-5A-1 NMSA 1978, et seq., and as provided further in 16.1.1 NMAC, of the New Mexico Administrative Code, which is incorporated herein by reference, and to refer cases in which notices of contemplated action have been issued for administrative prosecution, is delegated to the administrator of the New Mexico massage therapy board. 16.16.7 NMAC shall not be construed to deprive the board of its authority and power to issue a notice of contemplated action for any apparent violation of the Parental Responsibility Act, and to refer any such case for administrative prosecution.
N.M. Admin. Code § 16.7.16.8