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Article 1 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Section 43-1-1 - Mental condition of criminal defendants; evaluation; treatment. - A. Whenever a district court finds it necessary to obtain...
Section 43-1-2 - Short title. - Chapter 43, Article 1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 43-1-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code:...
Section 43-1-4 - Legal representation of clients. - A. Clients shall be represented by counsel at all proceedings...
Section 43-1-5 - Competence. - Neither the fact that a person has been accepted at...
Section 43-1-6 - Personal rights of residential clients. - All clients who receive residential treatment or habilitation services shall...
Section 43-1-7 - Right to treatment. - Each resident client receiving mental health services shall have the...
Section 43-1-8 - Right to habilitation. - Each resident client receiving developmental disabilities services shall have the...
Section 43-1-9 - Individualized treatment or habilitation plans. - A. An individualized treatment or habilitation plan shall be prepared...
Section 43-1-10 - Emergency mental health evaluation and care. - A. A peace officer may detain and transport a person...
Section 43-1-11 - Commitment of adults for thirty-day period. - A. Every adult client involuntarily admitted to an evaluation facility...
Section 43-1-12 - Extended commitment of adults. - A. A physician or evaluation facility may file a petition...
Section 43-1-13 - Involuntary commitment of developmentally disabled adults to residential care. - A. A guardian appointed pursuant to the Uniform Probate Code...
Section 43-1-14 - Voluntary admission to residential treatment or habilitation. - A. A person may voluntarily seek admission to residential treatment...
Section 43-1-15 - Consent to treatment; adult clients. - A. No psychotropic medication, psychosurgery, convulsive therapy, experimental treatment or...
Section 43-1-16 to 43-1-18 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 234F repealed 43-1-16,...
Section 43-1-19 - Disclosure of information. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the code, no person...
Section 43-1-20 - Special commissioner. - The court may conduct the proceedings required by this code,...
Section 43-1-21 - Convalescent status; rehospitalization. - A. The head of a residential facility may release an...
Section 43-1-22 - Transportation. - Whenever a proposed patient is to be committed to a...
Section 43-1-23 - Violation of clients' rights. - Any client who believes that his rights, as established by...
Section 43-1-24 - Appeals; court of appeals. - Appeals taken pursuant to this code shall be taken to...
Section 43-1-25 - Cost of care. - Clients who are indigent may receive care and treatment at...
Article 1A - Developmental Disabilities Community Services (Recompiled.)
Section 43-1A-1 to 43-1A-12 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Sections 43-1A-1 to 43-1A-12 NMSA 1978, as enacted...
Article 1B - Assisted Outpatient Treatment
Section 43-1B-1 - Short title. - Sections 1 through 14 [43-1B-1 to 43-1B-14 NMSA 1978] of...
Section 43-1B-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act: A. "advance...
Section 43-1B-3 - Assisted outpatient treatment; criteria. - A person may be ordered to participate in assisted outpatient...
Section 43-1B-4 - Petition to the court. - A. A petition for an order authorizing assisted outpatient treatment...
Section 43-1B-5 - Qualified protective order. - A. A motion seeking a qualified protective order shall accompany...
Section 43-1B-6 - Hearing; examination by a qualified professional. - A. Upon receipt of a petition meeting all requirements of...
Section 43-1B-7 - Written proposed treatment plan. - A. No later than the date of the hearing, a...
Section 43-1B-8 - Disposition. - A. After a hearing meeting all requirements of Section 6...
Section 43-1B-9 - Expeditious appeal. - There shall be a right to an expeditious appeal from...
Section 43-1B-10 - Effect of determination that respondent is in need of assisted outpatient treatment. - An assisted outpatient treatment order shall not be construed as...
Section 43-1B-11 - Applications for continued periods of treatment. - A. Prior to the expiration of the period of assisted...
Section 43-1B-12 - Application to stay, vacate, modify or enforce an order. - A. In addition to any other right or remedy available...
Section 43-1B-13 - Failure to comply with assisted outpatient treatment. - A. If a qualified professional determines that a respondent has...
Section 43-1B-14 - Sequestration and confidentiality of records. - A. All records or information containing protected health information relating...
Article 2 - Alcoholics and Intoxicated Persons; Detoxification
Section 43-2-1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 177, § 11, repealed 43-2-1...
Section 43-2-1.1 - Short title. - Chapter 43, Article 2 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 43-2-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Detoxification Reform Act: A. "alcohol-impaired person"...
Section 43-2-3 - Policy of state regarding substance abuse. - It is the policy of this state that intoxicated and...
Section 43-2-4 - Adoption and enforcement of laws by a politcal [political] subdivision. - A. No county, municipality or other political subdivision may adopt...
Section 43-2-5 - Duties of the department. - A. The department shall study the problem of alcoholism and...
Section 43-2-6 - Gifts. - The bureau may accept or refuse on behalf of and...
Section 43-2-7 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 154, § 1, repealed 46-12-6,...
Section 43-2-8 - Protective custody. - A. An intoxicated or incapacitated person may be committed to...
Section 43-2-8.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 378, § 6 repealed 43-2-8.1...
Section 43-2-9 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 46-12-7, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....
Section 43-2-10 - Repealed. - History: 1941 Comp., § 61-1208, enacted by Laws 1949, ch....
Section 43-2-11 - Voluntary clients. - A. The administration of a treatment facility may receive any...
Section 43-2-12 - Assistance upon request. - The substance abuse bureau of the division shall accept for...
Section 43-2-13 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 47, § 10 repealed 43-2-13...
Section 43-2-14 - Costs of commitment and support. - The provisions of law with respect to the costs of...
Section 43-2-15 - Report. - On or before December 1 in each year, the division...
Section 43-2-16 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 46-14-1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch....
Section 43-2-17 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 46-14-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch....
Section 43-2-18 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 46-14-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch....
Section 43-2-19 - Peace officer or public service officer; no liability. - A. A peace officer or public service officer may, if...
Section 43-2-20 - Notification of family. - Whenever an intoxicated person is committed to protective custody, the...
Section 43-2-21 - Liability for costs. - Any intoxicated person having transportation, shelter or treatment furnished to...
Section 43-2-22 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 46-14-7, enacted by Laws 1973, ch....
Section 43-2-23 - Civil liability. - Physicians and treatment facilities and their officers, directors and employees...
Article 3 - Community Alcoholism Treatment and Detoxification
Section 43-3-1 to 43-3-6 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 185, § 8 repealed 43-3-1...
Section 43-3-7 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 65, § 23, repealed 43-3-7...
Section 43-3-9 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 270, § 10 repealed 43-3-8...
Section 43-3-10 - Definitions. - As used in Chapter 43, Article 3 NMSA 1978: A....
Section 43-3-11 - Powers and duties of the department. - A. The department shall adopt rules to provide for: (1)...
Section 43-3-12 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 270, § 10 repealed 43-3-12...
Section 43-3-13 - Statewide substance abuse services plan. - A. The department shall develop and update annually prior to...
Section 43-3-14 - County DWI planning councils authorized; membership. - A. A board may create a county DWI planning council...
Section 43-3-15 - County DWI plans. - A. With the advice of the planning council, the board...