New Mexico § 28-2-4 - Power to refuse, renew, suspend or revoke public employment or license

§ 28-2-4. Power to refuse, renew, suspend or revoke public employment or license

A. Any board or other agency having jurisdiction over employment by the state or any

of its political subdivisions or the practice of any trade, business or profession

may refuse to grant or renew or may suspend or revoke any public employment or license

or other authority to engage in the public employment, trade, business or profession

for one or both of the following causes: (1) where the applicant, employee or licensee has been convicted of a felony and the

criminal conviction directly relates to the particular employment, trade, business

or profession; and (2) where the applicant, employee or licensee has been convicted of homicide, kidnapping,

human trafficking, trafficking in controlled substances, criminal sexual penetration

or related sexual offenses or child abuse and the applicant, employee or licensee

has applied for reinstatement, renewal or issuance of a teaching certificate, a license

to operate a child-care facility or employment at a child-care facility, regardless

of rehabilitation. B. The board or other agency shall explicitly state in writing the reasons for a decision

that prohibits the person from engaging in the employment, trade, business or profession

if the decision is based in whole or in part on conviction of any crime described

in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Subsection A of this section.