A. The department of public safety shall issue an endangered person advisory if, after review and investigation of a missing person report of an endangered person, the department makes an independent determination that the missing person is an endangered person.
B. The department shall develop and implement endangered person advisory procedures for the purpose of disseminating, as rapidly as possible, information about an endangered person. The procedures shall include:
(1) notification to the lead station of the endangered person advisory;
(2) notification to other public and private media sources and members of the public as necessary; and
(3) providing information about the endangered person, including all identifying information, to the lead station and other media sources.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 119, § 3.
Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 119, § 4 made the section effective July 1, 2007.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 15 - Missing Persons Information and Reporting
Section 29-15-1 - Short title.
Section 29-15-2 - Definitions.
Section 29-15-3 - Missing persons information clearinghouse; function.
Section 29-15-3.1 - Endangered person advisory.
Section 29-15-3.2 - Silver alert advisory.
Section 29-15-3.3 - Brittany alert advisory.
Section 29-15-4 - State department of public education; cooperation with clearinghouse.
Section 29-15-5 - Custodian or immediate family member request for information.
Section 29-15-6 - Missing person report forms.
Section 29-15-7 - Law enforcement requirements; missing person reports; unidentified human remains.
Section 29-15-7.1 - Missing child reports; law enforcement agencies; duties; registrar.
Section 29-15-7.2 - Birth records of missing children; state registrar's duties.
Section 29-15-8 - Release of dental records; immunity.
Section 29-15-9 - Cross-checking and matching.
Section 29-15-10 - Interagency cooperation.
Section 29-15-11 - Confidentiality of records.
Section 29-15-12 - Attorney general to require compliance; removal or discipline.