Section 60-15-14 - Hoisting operators licensure examining council; appointed. - New Mexico Statutes

60-15-14. Hoisting operators licensure examining council; appointed.

The "hoisting operators licensure examining council" is created.  The superintendent shall appoint no fewer than five members to the council with consideration being given to geographical representation.  One member of the council shall be a class I hoisting operator; another member of the council shall be a contractor, as defined by Section 60-13-3 NMSA 1978, who employs one or more hoisting operators; one member shall be a representative of organized labor; and the other members shall be public members who are not licensed hoisting operators.  The members of the council shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent and their duties shall include:

A.     reviewing and approving the applications, qualifications and examinations of applicants for licensure as hoisting operators and recommending to the superintendent whether licensure should be granted based on their evaluation of the operating experience and competence of the applicants;

B.     reporting findings and recommendations from the hearings to the superintendent; and

C.     proceeding according to regulations adopted by the department.