A. The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act does not limit rights, privileges or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by laws other than the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act does not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact [12-10-14, 12-10-15 NMSA 1978].
B. The homeland security and emergency management department, pursuant to the provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, may incorporate into the emergency forces of this state volunteer health practitioners who are not officers or employees of this state, a political subdivision of this state or a municipality or other local government within this state.
History: Laws 2008, ch. 47, § 9.
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.