Any person other than a patient or surrogate found guilty of intentionally hampering, obstructing, tampering with or destroying a monitoring device or a recording made by a monitoring device installed in a facility pursuant to the Patient Care Monitoring Act is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2004, ch. 53, ยง 12.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 26 - Patient Care Monitoring Act
Section 24-26-1 - Short title.
Section 24-26-2 - Definitions.
Section 24-26-3 - Monitoring device; authorization and use.
Section 24-26-4 - Monitoring device option; installation; accommodation by facility.
Section 24-26-5 - Consent; waiver.
Section 24-26-6 - Authorization form; contents.
Section 24-26-7 - Immunity; unauthorized use.
Section 24-26-8 - Notice to current patients.