The child care services bureau regulatory oversight unit of the early education, care and nutrition division of the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department, hereafter called the licensing authority, has been granted the responsibility for the administration and enforcement of these regulations by authority of Early Childhood Education and Care Department Act, Section 9-29-1 to 9-29-12, NMSA 1978, as amended.
N.M. Admin. Code § 8.9.4.10