When a child is to be placed in a residential treatment or habilitation program or to be returned to the program during placement, the court ordering the placement or authorizing the return of the child may direct the sheriff, the New Mexico state police or other appropriate persons to furnish suitable transportation in order to effect the placement or return by contacting the department for directions as to the destination of the child.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 162, § 26.
Cross references. — For transportation applicable to the Adult Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, see 43-1-22 NMSA 1978.
For provisions of the 1995 Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act, relating to transportation, see the 2006 NMSA 1978 (32A-6-18) on NMOneSource.com.
Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 162 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 6A - Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Section 32A-6A-1 - Short title.
Section 32A-6A-4 - Definitions.
Section 32A-6A-5 - Competence.
Section 32A-6A-6 - Rights related to treatment and habilitation; scope.
Section 32A-6A-7 - Right to individualized treatment or habilitation services and plan.
Section 32A-6A-8 - Special rules applicable to aversive intervention.
Section 32A-6A-9 - Restraint, generally.
Section 32A-6A-10 - Physical restraint and seclusion.
Section 32A-6A-11 - Training required for a professional who uses restraint or seclusion.
Section 32A-6A-13 - Legal representation of children.
Section 32A-6A-14 - Consent for services; children under fourteen years of age.
Section 32A-6A-15 - Consent for services; children fourteen years of age or older.
Section 32A-6A-17 - Treatment guardianship proceedings.
Section 32A-6A-18 - Individual instructions.
Section 32A-6A-19 - Emergency mental health evaluation and care.
Section 32A-6A-22 - Involuntary residential treatment.
Section 32A-6A-23 - Liability of persons providing treatment or habilitation services.
Section 32A-6A-24 - Disclosure of information.
Section 32A-6A-25 - Special commissioner.
Section 32A-6A-26 - Transportation.
Section 32A-6A-27 - Violation of a child's rights.
Section 32A-6A-28 - Cost of care.
Section 32A-6A-29 - Recognition of tribal court involuntary placement orders.