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Section 52-3-1 - Name of act. - This act shall be known as the "New Mexico Occupational...
Section 52-3-2 - Employers who come within the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law. - A. The following employers, when the conditions and hazards inherent...
Section 52-3-3 - Definitions; employee and lessee in mines. - The term "employee" or "worker" as used in the New...
Section 52-3-3.1 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — This section, regarding definitions of "director" and "hearing...
Section 52-3-4 - Definitions. - As used in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law:...
Section 52-3-5 - Acceptance. - A. All employers of employees, subject to the provisions of...
Section 52-3-6 - Application of provisions of the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law to certain corporations' employees. - A. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the New...
Section 52-3-7 - Defenses to action by employee. - In an action against an employer who has not complied...
Section 52-3-8 - Right to compensation; exclusive when. - The right to the compensation provided for in this act,...
Section 52-3-9 - Filing insurance under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law. - A. Every employer subject to the New Mexico Occupational Disease...
Section 52-3-9.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 172, § 4 repealed 52-3-9.1...
Section 52-3-9.2 - Destruction of policies, bonds and undertakings. - From and after the expiration of three years following the...
Section 52-3-9.3 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 235, § 54B repealed 52-3-9.3...
Section 52-3-10 - Employer liability for compensation; conditions when no payment to be made. - A. There is imposed upon every employer a liability for...
Section 52-3-11 - Last employer liable; exception. - Where compensation is payable for an occupational disease the only...
Section 52-3-12 - Not applicable in certain cases. - This act shall not be construed to apply to business...
Section 52-3-13 - Dependents defined; determination of. - A. The following persons, and they only, shall be deemed...
Section 52-3-14 - Compensation; limitations. - A. The compensation to which a worker who has suffered...
Section 52-3-15 - Disablement compensation restrictions; medical and related services; selection of health care provider; artificial members. - A. No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven...
Section 52-3-16 - Claim to be filed for occupational disease disablement benefits; effect of failure to give required notice or to file claim within time allowed. - A. If any employer or his insurer fails or refuses...
Section 52-3-17 - Vocational rehabilitation services. - A. The purpose of this section is the restoration of...
Section 52-3-18 - Determination by worker's compensation division of the labor department. - All issues of fact or law arising under the New...
Section 52-3-19 - Notice of disablement to employer; employer to post clear notice of requirement. - A. Any worker claiming to be entitled to benefits under...
Section 52-3-20 - Payment of benefits in installments. - Benefits shall be paid by the employer to the worker...
Section 52-3-21 to 52-3-24 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1986, ch. 22, § 102 repealed 52-3-21...
Section 52-3-25 - Effect of failure of worker to file claim by reason of conduct of employer. - The failure of any person entitled to benefits under the...
Section 52-3-26 to 52-3-30 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1986, ch. 22, § 102 repealed former...
Section 52-3-31 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 153, § 1, repealed 52-3-31...
Section 52-3-32 - Occupational diseases; proximate causation. - The occupational diseases defined in Section 52-3-33 NMSA 1978 shall...
Section 52-3-32.1 - Firefighter occupational conditions. - A. As used in this section, "firefighter" means a person...
Section 52-3-33 - Occupational diseases; definition. - As used in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law,...
Section 52-3-34 - When complicated with other diseases; payments. - In cases of disablement or death from silicosis, complicated with...
Section 52-3-35 - Termination of compensation; reopening award; time; limits. - Payment of compensation for disablement shall cease upon the termination...
Section 52-3-36 - Conversion to lump-sum payment. - The workers' compensation judge may approve an agreement for the...
Section 52-3-37 - Compensation exempt from execution. - Compensation shall be exempt from claims of creditors and from...
Section 52-3-38 - Minor deemed sui juris. - A minor working at an age and at an occupation...
Section 52-3-39 - Physical examinations of worker; independent medical examination; unsanitary or injurious practices by worker; testimony of health care providers. - A. In the event of a dispute concerning any medical...
Section 52-3-40 - Autopsy in death claims. - A. On the filing of a claim for compensation for...
Section 52-3-41 - Absence; employee to give notices of. - Any employee to whom compensation has been allowed or awarded...
Section 52-3-42 - Limitation on filing of claims; rights barred unless timely filed. - The right to benefits under the New Mexico Occupational Disease...
Section 52-3-43 - When occupational disease aggravated by other diseases. - Where an occupational disease is aggravated by any other disease...
Section 52-3-44 - No liability prior to effective date. - Nothing in this act shall create any liability on the...
Section 52-3-45 - Employees [Employee's] willful misconduct, willful self-exposure; defined. - Notwithstanding anything herein contained no employee or dependent of any...
Section 52-3-45.1 - Unfair claim-processing practices; bad faith. - A. Claims may be filed under the New Mexico Occupational...
Section 52-3-45.2 - Retaliation against employee seeking benefits; civil penalty. - A. An employer shall not discharge, threaten to discharge or...
Section 52-3-45.3 - False statements or representations with regard to physical condition; forfeiture. - A. When an employer asks by written questionnaire for the...
Section 52-3-45.4 - Compensation benefits limit. - A. Unless otherwise contracted for by the worker and employer,...
Section 52-3-46 - Compensation limited to Occupational Disease Disablement Law; not additional to that provided for accidents. - In all cases where injury results by reason of an...
Section 52-3-47 - Fee restrictions; appointment of attorneys by the director or workers' compensation judge; discovery costs; offer of judgment; penalty for violations. - A. It is unlawful for any person to receive or...
Section 52-3-48 - Employee to submit to examination and give information regarding self. - A. It is the duty of the employee at the...
Section 52-3-49 - Rights and liabilities of employer and employee after award; penalty for failure to file undertaking or become exempt therefrom. - A. Any employee awarded compensation for disablement under the New...
Section 52-3-49.1 - Rehiring of disabled workers. - A. If an employer is hiring, the employer shall offer...
Section 52-3-50 - Effect of failure of employee to file claim by reason of conduct of employer. - The failure of any person entitled to compensation under the...
Section 52-3-51 - Reports to be filed with director. - It is the duty of every employer of labor in...
Section 52-3-52 - Notice to director. - A. Every employer of labor within this state subject to...
Section 52-3-53 - Penalties. - The director shall impose a penalty on any person who...
Section 52-3-54 - Director to enforce the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law. - For the purpose of enforcing the New Mexico Occupational Disease...
Section 52-3-55 - Extraterritorial coverage. - If an employee, while working outside the territorial limits of...
Section 52-3-56 - Credit for benefits furnished or paid under laws of other jurisdictions. - The payment or award of benefits under the occupational disease...
Section 52-3-57 - Nonresident employers employing workers in state; requirement for insurance; enforcement. - A. Every employer not domiciled in the state who employs...
Section 52-3-58 - Locale of employment. - A. A person's employment is principally localized in this or...
Section 52-3-59 - Reciprocal recognition of extra-territorial coverage with other jurisdictions. - For the purpose of effecting mutually satisfactory reciprocal arrangements with...
Section 52-3-60 - Offset of unemployment compensation benefits. - A. No total disablement benefits shall be payable under the...