Any employee of the human services department who knowingly receives anything of value, other than as provided by law, from either a recipient of public assistance or from the family of a public assistance recipient shall notify the department within ten days after such receipt on a form provided by the department. Whoever fails to so notify the department within ten days is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 170, ยง 7.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 40 - Public Assistance
Section 30-40-1 - Failing to disclose facts or change of circumstances to obtain public assistance.
Section 30-40-2 - Unlawful use of food stamp identification card or medical identification card.
Section 30-40-3 - Misappropriating public assistance.
Section 30-40-5 - Unlawful seeking [of] payment from public assistance recipients.