As used in Sections 24-10-3 and 24-10-4 NMSA 1978, "emergency" means an unexpected occurrence of injury or illness occurring in public or private places to a person that results from:
A. motor vehicle accidents and collisions;
B. acts of God; and
C. other accidents and events of similar nature.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-12-4, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 59, § 2; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-25-4, by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1999, ch. 141, § 1.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, added the catchline and rewrote the section which read: "As used in this act 'emergency' means an unexpected occurrence involving injury or illness to persons, including motor vehicle accidents and collisions, disasters, and other accidents and events of similar nature occurring in public or private places".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 10 - Consent to Medical Care; Emergency Care; Transfusions
Section 24-10-1 - Emancipated minors; hospital, medical and surgical care.
Section 24-10-2 - Consent for emergency attention by person in loco parentis.
Section 24-10-4 - Emergency defined.