The state, district or deputy medical investigator may administer oaths and may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance and production of evidence by any necessary witness and the subpoena may be enforced in the district court. Any subpoena shall be served without cost by the sheriff or any deputy or by any member of the New Mexico state police.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-43-48, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 91, § 6; 1971, ch. 112, § 8; 1973, ch. 286, § 8.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 11 - Medical Investigations
Section 24-11-1 - Board of medical investigators; creation; membership; compensation.
Section 24-11-2 - Meetings; duties.
Section 24-11-3 - State medical investigator; qualifications; duties; office.
Section 24-11-4 - [References to coroner.]
Section 24-11-5 - Reports of violent death.
Section 24-11-6 - Death certificate; release of body; reports.
Section 24-11-7 - Examination; autopsy; inquest.
Section 24-11-8 - Reports to district attorney.