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Home » US Law » 2021 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.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, and without limiting cases in which consent may otherwise be obtained or is not required, any emancipated minor or any minor who has contracted a lawful marriage may give consent to the furnishing of hospital, medical and surgical care to such minor, and the consent is not subject […]

Section 24-10-2 – Consent for emergency attention by person in loco parentis.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, in cases of emergency in which a minor is in need of immediate hospitalization, medical attention or surgery and the parents of the minor cannot be located for the purpose of consenting thereto, after reasonable efforts have been made under the circumstances, consent for the emergency attention may […]

Section 24-10-4 – Emergency defined.

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 […]

Section 24-10-5 – Transfusions; limited liability.

The procuring, furnishing, donating, processing, distributing or using of human whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, human tissue or organs or any component thereof shall not give rise to any implied warranties of any type, and the doctrine of strict tort liability shall not be applicable to the transmission of hepatitis or human immunodeficiency […]

Section 24-10-6 – Blood donation; minors.

A. A minor who is at least seventeen years of age may donate blood to a licensed, accredited or approved blood bank, storage facility or hospital without parental consent. B. A minor shall not receive monetary payment from a licensed, accredited or approved blood bank, storage facility or hospital for a donation of blood or […]