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Section 43-1-1 - Mental condition of criminal defendants; evaluation; treatment. - A. Whenever a district court finds it necessary to obtain...
Section 43-1-2 - Short title. - Chapter 43, Article 1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 43-1-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code:...
Section 43-1-4 - Legal representation of clients. - A. Clients shall be represented by counsel at all proceedings...
Section 43-1-5 - Competence. - Neither the fact that a person has been accepted at...
Section 43-1-6 - Personal rights of residential clients. - All clients who receive residential treatment or habilitation services shall...
Section 43-1-7 - Right to treatment. - Each resident client receiving mental health services shall have the...
Section 43-1-8 - Right to habilitation. - Each resident client receiving developmental disabilities services shall have the...
Section 43-1-9 - Individualized treatment or habilitation plans. - A. An individualized treatment or habilitation plan shall be prepared...
Section 43-1-10 - Emergency mental health evaluation and care. - A. A peace officer may detain and transport a person...
Section 43-1-11 - Commitment of adults for thirty-day period. - A. Every adult client involuntarily admitted to an evaluation facility...
Section 43-1-12 - Extended commitment of adults. - A. A physician or evaluation facility may file a petition...
Section 43-1-13 - Involuntary commitment of developmentally disabled adults to residential care. - A. A guardian appointed pursuant to the Uniform Probate Code...
Section 43-1-14 - Voluntary admission to residential treatment or habilitation. - A. A person may voluntarily seek admission to residential treatment...
Section 43-1-15 - Consent to treatment; adult clients. - A. No psychotropic medication, psychosurgery, convulsive therapy, experimental treatment or...
Section 43-1-16 to 43-1-18 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 234F repealed 43-1-16,...
Section 43-1-19 - Disclosure of information. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the code, no person...
Section 43-1-20 - Special commissioner. - The court may conduct the proceedings required by this code,...
Section 43-1-21 - Convalescent status; rehospitalization. - A. The head of a residential facility may release an...
Section 43-1-22 - Transportation. - Whenever a proposed patient is to be committed to a...
Section 43-1-23 - Violation of clients' rights. - Any client who believes that his rights, as established by...
Section 43-1-24 - Appeals; court of appeals. - Appeals taken pursuant to this code shall be taken to...
Section 43-1-25 - Cost of care. - Clients who are indigent may receive care and treatment at...