New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 7 - Adult Protective Services

Section 27-7-1 to 27-7-13 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 389, § 20 repealed 27-7-1...

Section 27-7-14 - Short title. - Sections 27-7-14 through 27-7-31 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 27-7-15 - Legislative findings; purpose. - A. The legislature recognizes that many adults in the state...

Section 27-7-16 - Definitions. - As used in the Adult Protective Services Act: A. "ability...

Section 27-7-17 - Adult protective services system. - A. Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall...

Section 27-7-18 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1989, ch. 389, § 5; 1997, ch. 132,...

Section 27-7-19 - Department; duties; penalty. - A. The department shall: (1) develop, maintain and update as...

Section 27-7-20 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1989, ch. 389, § 7; 1990, ch. 79,...

Section 27-7-21 - Nature of protective services; costs. - A. Protective services are short-term services furnished by the department...

Section 27-7-22 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1989, ch. 389, § 9; 1990, ch. 79,...

Section 27-7-23 - Voluntary protective services; protective placement; penalty. - A. Any adult who has been abused, neglected or exploited...

Section 27-7-24 - Involuntary protective services and protective placement; penalty. - A. If an adult lacks the ability to consent to...

Section 27-7-25 - Ex-parte orders for emergency protective services or emergency protective placement; notice; petition. - A. Upon petition by the department, the court may issue...

Section 27-7-25.1 - Emergency protective placement by a law enforcement officer without a court order. - A. When, from personal observation of a law enforcement officer,...

Section 27-7-26 - Nonemergency protective services or protective placement; findings; petition; order. - A. Involuntary nonemergency protective services or protective placement shall not...

Section 27-7-27 - Hearing on petition. - A. The hearing on a petition for renewal of an...

Section 27-7-28 - Legal proceedings; filing. - For all legal proceedings called for in the Adult Protective...

Section 27-7-29 - Confidentiality of records; penalty. - A. All records of the department, the department's designee, including...

Section 27-7-30 - Duty to report; penalty. - A. Any person, including financial institutions, having reasonable cause to...

Section 27-7-31 - Immunity. - Any person making a report pursuant to Section 27-7-30 NMSA...