A. The director is authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations, after notice and public hearing, for effecting the purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act [Chapter 52, Article 1 NMSA 1978] or the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law [52-3-1 NMSA 1978]. All rules and regulations shall be published upon adoption and be made available […]
A. The director shall adopt rules and regulations to determine the qualifications necessary to be a self-insurer. To qualify to be a self-insurer, a private employer must show to the satisfaction of the director that the employer is financially solvent and that providing workers’ compensation and occupational disease disablement insurance coverage is unnecessary. The director […]
A. When a dispute arises under the Workers’ Compensation Act [Chapter 52, Article 1 NMSA 1978] or the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law [52-3-1 NMSA 1978], any party may file a claim with the director no sooner than thirty-one days from the date of injury or the occurrence of the disabling disease. The director […]
A. Unless the parties agree otherwise, or it is ordered by the workers’ compensation judge or the director in the case of a director’s hearing, hearings shall be held at an office of the workers’ compensation administration that is located nearest to the location of injury or disablement. In determining the site of hearing, the […]
A. When matters in dispute cannot be resolved by informal conference or other techniques, the director shall transmit a copy of the claim to the other parties with notice to respond by written answer. The other parties shall respond with a written answer within twenty days after receiving a notice or within such extension of […]
A. Any party in interest may, within thirty days of mailing of the final order of the workers’ compensation judge, file a notice of appeal with the court of appeals. B. A decision of a workers’ compensation judge is reviewable by the court of appeals in the manner provided for other cases and is subject […]
A. Compensation orders are reviewable subject to the conditions stated in this section upon application of any party in interest in accordance with the procedures relating to hearings. The workers’ compensation judge, after a hearing, may issue a compensation order to terminate, continue, reinstate, increase, decrease or otherwise properly affect compensation benefits provided by the […]
