New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety

Section 24-14C-3 - Health care work force database; collection of data; housing of data; analysis and reporting. - A. Subject to the availability of state, federal or private...

Section 24-14C-4 - Database establishment and maintenance; delegation. - A. The chancellor may contract and collaborate with a private...

Section 24-14C-5 - Health care work force data collection by boards; mandatory compliance for applicants; reporting by boards; confidentiality of data; rulemaking. - A. An applicant for a license from a board or...

Section 24-14C-6 - Health care work force work group; work force data analysis; recruitment planning; strategic plan for improving health care access; work force survey. - The chancellor for health sciences of the university of New...

Article 15 - Ski Safety

Section 24-15-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 15 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-15-2 - Purpose of act. - A. In order to safeguard life, health, property and the...

Section 24-15-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Ski Safety Act: A. "ski lift"...

Section 24-15-4 - Insurance. - A. Every operator shall file with the state corporation commission...

Section 24-15-5 - Penalty. - Any operator convicted of operating a ski lift or aerial...

Section 24-15-6 - Provisions in lieu of others. - Provisions of the Ski Safety Act are in lieu of...

Section 24-15-7 - Duties of ski area operators with respect to skiing areas. - Every ski area operator shall have the following duties with...

Section 24-15-8 - Duties of ski area operators with respect to ski lifts. - Every ski area operator shall have the duty to operate,...

Section 24-15-9 - Duties of passengers. - Every passenger shall have the duty to conduct himself carefully...

Section 24-15-10 - Duties of the skiers. - A. It is recognized that skiing as a recreational sport...

Section 24-15-11 - Liability of ski area operators. - Any ski area operator shall be liable for loss or...

Section 24-15-12 - Liability of passengers. - Any passenger shall be liable for loss or damages resulting...

Section 24-15-13 - Liability of skiers. - Any skier shall be liable for loss or damages resulting...

Section 24-15-14 - Limitation of actions; notice of claim. - A. Unless a ski area operator is in violation of...

Article 15A - Search and Rescue

Section 24-15A-1 - Short title. - This act [24-15A-1 to 24-15A-6 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 24-15A-2 - Purpose of act. - It is the purpose of the Search and Rescue Act:...

Section 24-15A-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Search and Rescue Act: A. "search...

Section 24-15A-4 - State search and rescue resource officer; position created. - A. The position of "state search and rescue resource officer"...

Section 24-15A-5 - State search and rescue resource officer; powers and duties. - The state search and rescue resource officer shall, with the...

Section 24-15A-6 - State search and rescue review board created; membership; duties and responsibilities; terms. - A. There is created a policy advisory committee, to be...

Article 16 - Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air

Section 24-16-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-16-2 - Declaration of policy and intent; public health. - The legislature finds and declares that the smoking of tobacco,...

Section 24-16-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act:...

Section 24-16-4 - Smoking prohibited. - A. It is unlawful for a person to smoke in...

Section 24-16-5 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 5; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-16-6 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 6; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-16-7 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 7; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-16-8 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 8; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-16-9 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 9; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-16-10 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 10; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-16-11 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 11; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-16-12 - Smoking-permitted areas. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor...

Section 24-16-13 - Prohibition of smoking near entrances, windows and ventilation systems. - Smoking is prohibited near entrances, windows and ventilation systems of...

Section 24-16-14 - Responsibilities of employers. - A. Employers shall provide that their places of employment meet...

Section 24-16-15 - Posted smokefree and smoking-permitted areas. - A. To advise persons of the existence of smokefree areas...

Section 24-16-16 - Enforcement. - A. The local fire, police or sheriff's department with appropriate...

Section 24-16-17 - Violations. - It is unlawful for a person who owns, manages, operates...

Section 24-16-18 - Penalties. - A person eighteen years of age or older who violates...

Section 24-16-19 - Nonretaliation; nonwaiver. - A. A person or employer shall not discharge, refuse to...

Section 24-16-20 - Explicit nonpreemption. - Nothing in the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act shall...

Article 17 - Continuing Care

Section 24-17-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 17 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-17-2 - Findings and purpose. - A. The legislature finds that continuing care communities are an...

Section 24-17-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Continuing Care Act: A. "affiliate" means...

Section 24-17-4 - Disclosure. - A. A provider shall furnish a current annual disclosure statement...

Section 24-17-5 - Contract information. - A. A provider is responsible for ensuring that a continuing...

Section 24-17-6 - Requirements for financial reserves. - A. Any deposits or entrance fees paid by or for...

Section 24-17-7 - Disclosure statements filed with the aging and long-term services department for public inspection. - No later than July 1, 2022 and each year thereafter,...

Section 24-17-8 - Consumer's guide to continuing care communities. - The office of the attorney general and the aging and...

Section 24-17-9 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 263, § 11 repealed 24-17-9...

Section 24-17-10 - Restraint of prohibited acts; remedies. - A. Whenever the attorney general has reasonable belief that any...

Section 24-17-11 - Applicability. - A. The provisions of the Continuing Care Act apply equally...

Section 24-17-12 - Right to a written transfer policy. - A provider shall adopt and follow a written policy establishing...

Section 24-17-13 - Right to organize and participate. - A. Residents have the right to organize a resident association...

Section 24-17-14 - Right to protection against retaliatory conduct. - Retaliatory conduct by a provider or any person acting on...

Section 24-17-15 - Right to civil action for damages. - A. Residents, as a class or otherwise, may bring an...

Section 24-17-16 - Identification and procedures for correction of violations. - A. The aging and long-term services department shall review disclosure...

Section 24-17-17 - Rules and regulations authorized. - The aging and long-term services department shall promulgate all rules...

Section 24-17-18 - Report to attorney general; civil action; civil penalties. - A. A person may report an alleged violation of the...

Article 17A - Long-Term Care Services

Section 24-17A-1 - Short title. - This act [24-17A-1 to 24-17A-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 24-17A-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Long-term Care Services Act: A. "consumer"...

Section 24-17A-3 - Interagency committee created; coordinated service delivery system; lead agency; service delivery system. - A. The "interagency committee on long-term care" is created. B....

Section 24-17A-4 - Service delivery system; components; principles. - The interagency committee on long-term care shall take into consideration,...

Section 24-17A-5 - Report. - The chairperson shall present a report to the legislature on...

Section 24-17A-6 - Senior center food gardens authorized. - A. The aging and long-term services department shall permit any...

Article 17B - Long-Term Care

Section 24-17B-1 - Short title. - This act [24-17B-1 to 24-17B-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 24-17B-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act:...

Section 24-17B-3 - Training required. - A. Each long-term care facility and long-term care facility contractor...

Section 24-17B-4 - Department oversight and rulemaking. - In consultation with the aging and long-term services department, the...

Section 24-17B-5 - Dementia training certificates. - The provider of training conducted pursuant to the Long-Term Care...

Article 18 - Children's and Juvenile Facility Criminal Records Screening (Recompiled.)

Section 24-18-1 to 24-18-4 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Former 24-18-1 to 24-18-4 NMSA 1978, as enacted...

Article 19 - Children's Trust Fund

Section 24-19-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 19 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-19-2 - Purpose. - It is the purpose of the Children's Trust Fund Act...

Section 24-19-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Children's Trust Fund Act: A. "board"...

Section 24-19-4 - Children's trust fund created; expenditure limitations. - A. The "children's trust fund" is created in the state...

Section 24-19-5 - Children's trust fund board of trustees created; members. - A. There is created the "children's trust fund board of...

Section 24-19-6 - Per diem and mileage; board. - Members of the board shall be reimbursed as provided in...

Section 24-19-7 - Duties of the board. - At least four times a year, the board shall meet...

Section 24-19-8 - Children, youth and families department; additional powers and duties. - The department shall: A. promulgate rules approved by the board;...

Section 24-19-9 - Acceptance of federal funds and private donations. - To carry out the provisions of the Children's Trust Fund...

Section 24-19-10 - Next generation fund; created; expenditure limitations. - A. The "next generation fund" is created in the state...

Section 24-19-11 - Next generation council; created; membership; purpose. - A. The "next generation council" is created. The board shall...

Article 20 - Health Research

Section 24-20-1 - Medical trust fund for cancer and other medical research; appropriation. - A. There is created at the university of New Mexico...

Section 24-20-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1990, ch. 103, § 1; 1993, ch. 215,...

Section 24-20-3 - Brain injury advisory council; created; powers and duties. - A. The "brain injury advisory council" is created to advise...

Section 24-20-4 - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research fund. - The "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research fund" is created in the...

Article 21 - Genetic Information Privacy

Section 24-21-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 21 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-21-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Genetic Information Privacy Act: A. "DNA"...

Section 24-21-3 - Genetic analysis prohibited without informed consent; exceptions. - A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section,...

Section 24-21-4 - Genetic discrimination prohibited. - A. Discrimination by an insurer against an individual or member...

Section 24-21-5 - Rights of retention. - A. Unless otherwise authorized by Subsection C of Section 24-21-3...

Section 24-21-6 - Penalties. - A. The attorney general or a district attorney may bring...

Section 24-21-7 - Application of act. - The provisions of the Genetic Information Privacy Act shall apply...

Article 22 - Safe Haven for Infants

Section 24-22-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 22 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-22-1.1 - Purpose. - The purpose of the Safe Haven for Infants Act is...

Section 24-22-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Safe Haven for Infants Act: A....

Section 24-22-3 - Leaving an infant. - A. A person may leave an infant with the staff...

Section 24-22-4 - Safe haven site procedures. - A. A safe haven site shall accept an infant who...

Section 24-22-5 - Responsibilities of the children, youth and families department. - A. The children, youth and families department shall be deemed...

Section 24-22-6 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2001, ch. 31, § 6 and Laws 2001,...

Section 24-22-7 - Procedure if reunification is sought. - A. A person established as a parent of an infant...

Section 24-22-8 - Immunity. - A safe haven site and its staff are immune from...

Article 23 - Administration of Opioid Antagonists

Section 24-23-1 - Authority to possess, store, distribute, dispense, prescribe and administer opioid antagonists; release from liability; rulemaking. - A. A person may possess an opioid antagonist, regardless of...

Section 24-23-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2001, ch. 228, § 2; repealed by Laws...

Section 24-23-3 - Opioid treatment center; opioid overdose education; naloxone. - A. As agency funding and agency supplies of naloxone permit,...

Article 24 - Child Care Facility Loan

Section 24-24-1 - Short title. - This act [24-24-1 to 24-24-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 24-24-2 - Purpose. - The purpose of the Child Care Facility Loan Act is...

Section 24-24-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Child Care Facility Loan Act: A....

Section 24-24-4 - Fund created; administration. - A. The "child care facility revolving loan fund" is created...

Article 25 - New Mexico Telehealth Act

Section 24-25-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 25 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-25-2 - Findings and purpose. - A. The legislature finds that: (1) lack of primary care,...

Section 24-25-3 - Definitions. - As used in the New Mexico Telehealth Act: A. "health...

Section 24-25-4 - Telehealth authorized; procedure. - The delivery of health care via telehealth is recognized and...

Section 24-25-5 - Scope of act. - A. The New Mexico Telehealth Act does not alter the...

Article 26 - Patient Care Monitoring Act

Section 24-26-1 - Short title. - This act [24-26-1 to 24-26-12 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 24-26-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Patient Care Monitoring Act: A. "agency"...

Section 24-26-3 - Monitoring device; authorization and use. - A. A patient or a surrogate may authorize installation and...

Section 24-26-4 - Monitoring device option; installation; accommodation by facility. - A. At the time of admission to a facility, a...

Section 24-26-5 - Consent; waiver. - A. Consent to the authorization for the installation and use...

Section 24-26-6 - Authorization form; contents. - The form for the authorization of installation and use of...

Section 24-26-7 - Immunity; unauthorized use. - A. In any civil action against the facility, material obtained...

Section 24-26-8 - Notice to current patients. - Within six months of the effective date of the Patient...

Section 24-26-9 - Notice. - The facility shall post a notice in a conspicuous place...

Section 24-26-10 - Rules. - The agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions...

Section 24-26-11 - Prohibited acts. - No person or patient shall be denied admission to or...

Section 24-26-12 - Criminal acts. - Any person other than a patient or surrogate found guilty...

Article 27 - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Act

Section 24-27-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 27 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-27-2 - Purpose of act. - The purpose of the Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Act is...

Section 24-27-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Act: A....

Section 24-27-4 - Dissemination of information. - A. All health care providers providing health care services to...

Section 24-27-5 - Informational publications. - The department of health shall, by January 1, 2006, prepare...

Section 24-27-6 - Donation of umbilical cord blood. - A. Unless it is medically inadvisable, all health care facilities...

Section 24-27-7 - Severability. - If any part or application of the Umbilical Cord Blood...

Article 28 - Bone Marrow and Organ Donor Act

Section 24-28-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 28 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-28-2 - Public education. - A. The department of health shall provide information and educational...

Section 24-28-3 - State employee leave. - A. The person in charge of a state agency may...

Article 29 - Hospital-Acquired Infection

Section 24-29-1 - Short title. - This act [Chapter 24, Article 29 NMSA 1978] may be...

Section 24-29-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Hospital-Acquired Infection Act: A. "advisory committee"...

Section 24-29-3 - Advisory committee created; members; duties. - A. The "hospital-acquired infection advisory committee" is created in the...

Section 24-29-4 - Participating hospitals; recruitment; training. - A. The advisory committee shall identify hospitals willing and qualified...

Section 24-29-5 - Hospital-acquired infections; indicators. - A. The advisory committee shall determine the specific infections and...

Section 24-29-6 - Reports. - A. Participating hospitals shall report to the department the incidence...

Article 30 - Community Health Workers

Section 24-30-1 - Short title. - This act [24-30-1 to 24-30-7 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 24-30-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Community Health Workers Act: A. "applicant"...

Section 24-30-3 - Rulemaking; community health worker certification; recertification; fees. - A. The secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules relating to...

Section 24-30-4 - Board of certification of community health workers; creation; membership; duties. - A. The "board of certification of community health workers" is...

Section 24-30-5 - Requirements for certification; recertification. - A. An applicant for certification or recertification shall submit an...

Section 24-30-6 - Use of certified community health worker designation; unauthorized practice. - A. In order to use the title "certified community health...

Section 24-30-7 - Criminal history screening. - A. The department is authorized to obtain the criminal history...

Article 31 - Emergency Medication In Schools

Section 24-31-1 - Emergency medication in schools; albuterol; epinephrine; rules; recommendations. - A. By July 1, 2014, the department shall promulgate rules...

Article 32 - Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Prevention

Section 24-32-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 32 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-32-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Prevention Act:...

Section 24-32-3 - Maternal mortality review committee; creation; membership; duties. - A. The "maternal mortality review committee" is created in the...

Section 24-32-4 - Access to health information. - A. A health care provider, the office of the state...

Section 24-32-5 - Rulemaking. - By December 31, 2021, the secretary of health shall adopt...

Article 33 - Graduate Medical Education Expansion Grant Program

Section 24-33-1 - Short title. - This act [24-33-1 to 24-33-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited...

Section 24-33-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Graduate Medical Education Expansion Grant Program...

Section 24-33-3 - Graduate medical education expansion grant program; fund; distributions; application requirements; priorities for awards; reporting requirements. - A. The "graduate medical education expansion grant program fund" is...

Section 24-33-4 - Graduate medical education expansion review board; created; duties. - A. Prior to October 1, 2019, the department shall create...

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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24 - Health and Safety

New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety