2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 6A - Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

Section 32A-6A-1 - Short title. - This act [32A-6A-1 to 32A-6A-30 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 32A-6A-2 - Purposes. - The purposes of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities...

Section 32A-6A-3 - Scope. - The provisions of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities...

Section 32A-6A-4 - Definitions. - As used in the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities...

Section 32A-6A-5 - Competence. - The fact that a child has received treatment or habilitation...

Section 32A-6A-6 - Rights related to treatment and habilitation; scope. - The rights set forth in the Children's Mental Health and...

Section 32A-6A-7 - Right to individualized treatment or habilitation services and plan. - A. A child receiving mental health or habilitation services shall...

Section 32A-6A-8 - Special rules applicable to aversive intervention. - A. An intervention expressly listed in the "aversive intervention" definition...

Section 32A-6A-9 - Restraint, generally. - A. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to diminish...

Section 32A-6A-10 - Physical restraint and seclusion. - A. When providing any treatment or habilitation, physical restraint and...

Section 32A-6A-11 - Training required for a professional who uses restraint or seclusion. - A mental health or developmental disabilities professional who administers restraint...

Section 32A-6A-12 - Personal rights of a child in an out-of-home treatment or habilitation program; scope. - A. A child in an out-of-home treatment or habilitation program...

Section 32A-6A-13 - Legal representation of children. - A. A child shall be represented by an attorney at...

Section 32A-6A-14 - Consent for services; children under fourteen years of age. - A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section,...

Section 32A-6A-15 - Consent for services; children fourteen years of age or older. - A. A child fourteen years of age or older is...

Section 32A-6A-16 - Consent for services; determination of capacity for children fourteen years of age or older. - A. When a child fourteen years of age or older...

Section 32A-6A-17 - Treatment guardianship proceedings. - A. If no legal custodian is reasonably available to make...

Section 32A-6A-18 - Individual instructions. - A. A child fourteen years of age or older who...

Section 32A-6A-19 - Emergency mental health evaluation and care. - A. A peace officer may detain and transport a child...

Section 32A-6A-20 - Consent to placement in a residential treatment or habilitation program; children younger than fourteen years of age. - A. A child younger than fourteen years of age shall...

Section 32A-6A-21 - Voluntary residential treatment or habilitation for children fourteen years of age or older. - A. A child fourteen years of age or older shall...

Section 32A-6A-22 - Involuntary residential treatment. - A. A child may not receive treatment for mental disorders...

Section 32A-6A-23 - Liability of persons providing treatment or habilitation services. - A. A person providing mental health and developmental disability services...

Section 32A-6A-24 - Disclosure of information. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the Children's Mental Health...

Section 32A-6A-25 - Special commissioner. - A court may conduct the proceedings required by the Children's...

Section 32A-6A-26 - Transportation. - When a child is to be placed in a residential...

Section 32A-6A-27 - Violation of a child's rights. - A child who believes that rights established by the Children's...

Section 32A-6A-28 - Cost of care. - An indigent child may receive care and treatment at a...

Section 32A-6A-29 - Recognition of tribal court involuntary placement orders. - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the...

Section 32A-6A-30 - Rules. - The department shall promulgate rules for the operation of out-of-home...