It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ of, or in any capacity attached to or connected with, any hospital, infirmary or other institution, public or private, which receives patients for medical or surgical treatment, to communicate, directly or indirectly, with any attorney-at-law, or any person representing such attorney, for the purpose of enabling such attorney, or any associate or employee of such attorney, to solicit employment to present a claim for damages or prosecute an action for the enforcement thereof, on behalf of any patient in any such institution, or to negotiate or attempt to negotiate the settlement of any such claim.
History: 1941 Comp., § 18-130, enacted by Laws 1949, ch. 81, § 3; 1953 Comp., § 18-1-30.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For penalty, see 36-2-36 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7 Am. Jur. 2d Attorneys at Law § 42.
Modern status of law regarding solicitation of business by or for attorney, 5 A.L.R.4th 866.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Regulation of Attorneys
Section 36-2-2 to 36-2-9 - Repealed.
Section 36-2-10 - [Duties of attorneys.]
Section 36-2-11 - [Authority of attorneys.]
Section 36-2-12 - [Proof of authority; stay of proceedings.]
Section 36-2-13 - [Attorneys prohibited from acting as surety for clients.]
Section 36-2-13.1 - Liability for court reporting costs.
Section 36-2-14 - [Method for changing attorney; notice.]
Section 36-2-15 - [Death, removal, etc., of attorney; procedure.]
Section 36-2-16 - [Breach of confidence; deserting or jeopardizing client; penalty.]
Section 36-2-17 - [Deceit or collusion; damages; disbarment.]
Section 36-2-18 - [Grounds for disbarment and suspension by supreme court.]
Section 36-2-19 - [Conviction of crime; certifying copy of record to supreme court; disbarment.]
Section 36-2-21 - [Judgment of disbarment.]
Section 36-2-22 - [Payment of costs in disbarment proceedings.]
Section 36-2-23 - [Effect of disbarment; reinstatement.]
Section 36-2-24 - [License fraudulently obtained; revocation.]
Section 36-2-26 - [Annual meetings of state bar; annual election.]
Section 36-2-27 - Practice without admission; contempt of court; foreign attorneys.
Section 36-2-28.1 - Unauthorized practice of law; private remedies.
Section 36-2-28.2 - Unauthorized practice of law; action by attorney general or bar association.
Section 36-2-29 - [Direct and indirect solicitation of damage claims declared illegal.]
Section 36-2-30 - [Solicitation of damage claims; injunction.]
Section 36-2-31 - [Fee splitting prohibited; division of fees by attorneys excepted.]
Section 36-2-33 - [Solicitation prosecutions; prima facie evidence of agency.]
Section 36-2-34 - [Solicitation violation; stay of proceeding; employment of other counsel.]
Section 36-2-35 - [Solicited employment contracts void; recovery of compensation paid.]
Section 36-2-36 - [Penalty for solicitation.]
Section 36-2-37 - [Prosecution by attorney general for solicitation.]
Section 36-2-38 - [Duty to testify in action for solicitation; immunity; perjury.]