The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with Section 5 [12-12A-5 NMSA 1978] of that act and who provide health or veterinary services in this state for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.
History: Laws 2008, ch. 47, § 3.
Effective dates. — Laws 2008, ch. 47, § 14 made the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act effective July 1, 2008.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters
Article 12A - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act
Section 12-12A-1 - Short title.
Section 12-12A-2 - Definitions.
Section 12-12A-3 - Applicability to volunteer health practitioners.
Section 12-12A-4 - Regulation of services during emergency.
Section 12-12A-5 - Volunteer health practitioner registration systems.
Section 12-12A-6 - Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states.
Section 12-12A-7 - No effect on credentialing and privileging.
Section 12-12A-8 - Provision of volunteer health or veterinary services; administrative sanctions.
Section 12-12A-9 - Relation to other laws.
Section 12-12A-10 - Regulatory authority.
Section 12-12A-11 - Rights, privileges and immunities for volunteer health practitioners.
Section 12-12A-12 - Workers' compensation coverage.
Section 12-12A-13 - Uniformity of application and construction.