The superintendent:
A. may hire employees and prescribe their duties and qualifications and fix their compensation pursuant to the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]; and
B. shall designate an employee of the office of superintendent of insurance as chief deputy superintendent, who shall be acting superintendent when the superintendent position is vacant or the superintendent is unable to perform the duties of that office because of mental or physical disability.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 22; 1993, ch. 320, § 2; 1998, ch. 108, § 36; 2013, ch. 74, § 12.
The 2013 amendment, effective March 29, 2013, provided for staff of the superintendent of insurance; in the introductory sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "With the chief of staff's approval"; in Subsection A, after "may", added the reminder of the sentence; in Subsection B, at the beginning of the sentence, added "shall", after "employee of the", added "office of superintendent of", after "insurance", deleted "division", after "when the", deleted "office of", and after "when the superintendent", deleted "position".
The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, deleted the Subsection A designation, substituted "chief of staff's" for "corporation commission's" near the beginning and deleted Subsections B through D.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, added Subsection D.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Office of Superintendent of Insurance
Section 59A-2-1 - Office of superintendent of insurance.
Section 59A-2-2 - Superintendent; appointment; term; compensation; removal.
Section 59A-2-2.1 - Insurance nominating committee; duties; administrative attachment.
Section 59A-2-3 - Superintendent; qualifications and bond.
Section 59A-2-7 - Delegation of powers.
Section 59A-2-8 - General powers and duties of superintendent.
Section 59A-2-8.1 - Producer licensing; national producer registry; fees collected.
Section 59A-2-9 - Rules and regulations; promulgation; violation.
Section 59A-2-9.1 - Regulations; leased employees.
Section 59A-2-9.2 - Recompiled.
Section 59A-2-9.3 - Superintendent authorized and directed to promulgate privacy rules.
Section 59A-2-9.4 - Superintendent of insurance; additional powers.
Section 59A-2-9.6 - Health insurance cooperative; rulemaking.
Section 59A-2-9.7 - Annual report required.
Section 59A-2-9.8 - Prior authorization request form; development.
Section 59A-2-9.9 - State innovation waiver application.
Section 59A-2-10 - Orders, notices in general.
Section 59A-2-11 - Enforcement.
Section 59A-2-12 - Records; inspection; destruction.
Section 59A-2-13 - Seal as evidence.
Section 59A-2-14 - Publications; preparation and sale.
Section 59A-2-15 - Interstate, federal and international cooperation.