A health care provider shall have the authority, within the limits of his license, to provide prenatal, delivery and postnatal care to a female minor. A female minor shall have the capacity to consent to prenatal, delivery and postnatal care by a licensed health care provider.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 314, § 1 and Laws 2001, ch. 327, § 1.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2001, ch. 314, § 1 and Laws 2001, ch. 327, § 1 enacted identical new sections of law, effective June 15, 2001. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 327, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For age of majority, see 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Section 24-1-3 - Powers and authority of department.
Section 24-1-4.1 - Certified nurse-midwives; prescriptive, distributing and administering authority.
Section 24-1-5 - Licensure of health facilities; hearings; appeals.
Section 24-1-5.2 - Health facilities; intermediate sanctions; civil penalty.
Section 24-1-5.4 - Plan of growth; requirements; reporting.
Section 24-1-5.6 - Northern New Mexico substance abuse treatment pilot project.
Section 24-1-5.7 - Methadone clinics; regulation by the human services department.
Section 24-1-5.8 - Legislative findings; licensing requirements for certain hospitals.
Section 24-1-5.9 - Reporting requirements.
Section 24-1-5.10 - Federal participation required; exception.
Section 24-1-6 - Tests required for newborn infants.
Section 24-1-6.1 - Newborn hearing testing required; department of health.
Section 24-1-7 - Sexually transmitted infections; reports of cases.
Section 24-1-9.3 - Sexually transmitted infections; mandatory counseling.
Section 24-1-9.4 - Sexually transmitted infections; confidentiality.
Section 24-1-9.6 - Sexually transmitted infections; disclosure.
Section 24-1-10 - Pregnancy; serological test for syphilis.
Section 24-1-11 - Reporting of blood tests.
Section 24-1-12 - Health certificates; filing.
Section 24-1-13 - Pregnancy; capacity to consent to examination and diagnosis.
Section 24-1-13.2 - Shaken baby syndrome prevention.
Section 24-1-14 - [Sterilization;] special qualifications prohibited.
Section 24-1-15 - Isolation; quarantine; protocol.
Section 24-1-15.1 - Protocol for management of active tuberculosis.
Section 24-1-15.2 - Conditions of public health importance; reporting.
Section 24-1-15.3 - Conditions of public health importance; testing; screening.
Section 24-1-16 - Inspection definitions.
Section 24-1-17 - Inspectorial search by consent.
Section 24-1-18 - Inspection searches.
Section 24-1-19 - Emergency inspectorial searches.
Section 24-1-20 - Records confidential.
Section 24-1-22 - Scientific laboratory division; testing methods; certification.
Section 24-1-25 - Holly Gonzales experimental treatment fund created.
Section 24-1-28 - Behavioral health planning council created; powers and duties; membership.
Section 24-1-29 - Commission created; members; duties.
Section 24-1-30 - Hand washing facilities; requirement.
Section 24-1-31 - Save our children's sight fund created.
Section 24-1-32 - Notice of the need for further vision evaluation and availability of funds.
Section 24-1-33 - Communication regarding reconstructive breast surgery.
Section 24-1-35 - Assisted living facilities contracts; limit on charges after resident death.
Section 24-1-36 - Statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention program.
Section 24-1-37 - Lay caregiver; aftercare; designation.
Section 24-1-38 - Hospitals; requirement to offer influenza and pneumococcal immunizations.
Section 24-1-39 - Mammograms; health facilities; breast density disclosure.
Section 24-1-42 - Eligibility for state or local health benefits.