Section 61-27B-27 - Hearing; penalties. (Repealed effective July 1, 2012.)

61-27B-27. Hearing; penalties. (Repealed effective July 1, 2012.)

A.     A person who is denied a license or registration or who has a license or registration suspended or revoked shall be entitled to a hearing before the department if within twenty days after the denial, suspension or revocation a request for a hearing is received by the department.  The procedures of the Uniform Licensing Act [61-1-1 NMSA 1978] shall be followed pertaining to the hearing to the extent that they do not conflict with the provisions of the Private Investigations Act [61-27B-1 NMSA 1978].  

B.     In accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Licensing Act, and in addition to other penalties provided by law, the department may impose the following: 

(1)     for a violation of the Private Investigations Act, a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation; and 

(2)     against a person who is found by the department to be engaging in a practice regulated by the department without an appropriate license or registration, civil penalties not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).