Section 61-9-5 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2028] State board of examiners-psychology fundA. There is created a "New Mexico state board of psychologist examiners". The board shall be administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department. The board shall consist of eight members appointed by the governor who are residents of New Mexico and who shall serve for three-year staggered terms. The members shall be appointed as follows: (1) four members shall be professional members who are licensed under the Professional Psychologist Act as psychologists, of which two members shall be prescribing psychologists. The governor shall appoint the professional members from a list of names nominated by the New Mexico psychological association, the state psychologist association and the New Mexico school psychologist association;(2) one member shall be licensed under the Professional Psychologist Act as a psychologist or psychologist associate; and(3) three members shall be public members who are laypersons and have no significant financial interest, direct or indirect, in the practice of psychology.B. A member shall hold office until the expiration of the member's appointed term or until a successor is duly appointed. When the term of a member ends, the governor shall appoint a successor for a term of three years. A vacancy occurring in the board membership other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the governor by appointment for the unexpired term of the member. The governor may remove a board member for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty.C. All money received by the board shall be credited to the "psychology fund". Money in the psychology fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund and shall be used in accordance with the provisions of the Professional Psychologist Act. The members of the board may be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act, but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.1978 Comp., § 61-9-5, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 41, § 5; 1993, ch. 251, § 1; 1996, ch. 51, § 6; 1996, ch. 54, § 3; 2003, ch. 408, § 9.Amended by 2024, c. 26,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2024.