The board or its duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse or establishment in which drugs, devices or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such drugs, devices or cosmetics in commerce, for the purpose of inspecting such factory, warehouse, establishment or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of the New Mexico Drug and Cosmetic Act [New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act] are being violated, and to secure samples or specimens of any drug, device or cosmetic after paying or offering to pay for such sample. It shall be the duty of the board to make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of the New Mexico Drug and Cosmetic Act [New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act] is being violated.
History: 1953 Comp., § 54-6-44, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 23, § 19.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1987, ch. 270, § 8 provided that references to the New Mexico Drug and Cosmetic Act shall be construed as references to the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 26 - Drugs and Cosmetics
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 26-1-3 - Prohibited acts.
Section 26-1-3.2 - Prescription drug donation.
Section 26-1-4 - Power to enjoin violations.
Section 26-1-5 - Penalty; exemptions.
Section 26-1-7 - Attorney general or district attorney to institute prosecutions.
Section 26-1-8 - Minor violations of act; warnings authorized.
Section 26-1-9 - Addition of poisonous or deleterious substances; color additives.
Section 26-1-10 - Drug or device adulteration.
Section 26-1-11 - Drug or device; misbranding.
Section 26-1-12 - False advertising.
Section 26-1-13 - Packaging and labeling requirements; proprietary preparations.
Section 26-1-14 - New drugs and devices; prerequisites to sale, delivery or giving away; exceptions.
Section 26-1-15 - Dangerous drugs; veterinary use; limitations.
Section 26-1-16 - Dangerous drugs; conditions for sale; prescription refilling; limitations.
Section 26-1-17 - Testing laboratory.
Section 26-1-18 - Promulgating regulations; procedure.
Section 26-1-18.1 - Prescription drug prior authorization protocols.
Section 26-1-19 - Power to make inspections and secure samples.
Section 26-1-21 - Power of board to publish reports and disseminate information.
Section 26-1-22 - Unlawful means of obtaining dangerous drugs enumerated.
Section 26-1-23 - False statements; false pretenses; forgery of labels or prescriptions prohibited.
Section 26-1-24 - Cosmetics; misbranding.