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N.M. Stat. § 61-12D-16 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12D / Section 61-12D-16
§ 61-12D-16. Unlawful practice; criminal and civil penalties; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

A. A person who engages in an activity requiring a license pursuant to the provisions of the Physical Therapy Act and who fails to obtain the required license; who violates any provision of the Physical Therapy Act; or who uses any word, title or representation to induce the false belief that the person is licensed to engage in the practice of physical therapy is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.

B. The board may apply for injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin a person from committing an act in violation of the Physical Therapy Act. Such injunction proceedings shall be in addition to and not in lieu of penalties and other remedies in the Physical Therapy Act.

C. The board may assess a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a first offense and up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a second or subsequent offense against a licensee who aids or abets an unlicensed person to directly or indirectly evade the Physical Therapy Act or the applicable licensing laws; or permits his license to be used by an unlicensed person with the intent to evade the Physical Therapy Act or the applicable licensing laws, pursuant to the notice of hearing and appeal procedures pursuant to the Uniform Licensing Act. The civil penalties provided in this subsection are in addition to other disciplinary measures provided in the Physical Therapy Act. Civil penalties shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the current school fund.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15-7.2 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-7.2
§ 29-15-7.2. Birth records of missing children; state registrar's duties
Status: in_force

A. Upon notification by a law enforcement agency that a child born in the state is missing, the state registrar shall flag the child's birth record in such a manner that whenever a copy of the birth certificate or information concerning the birth record is requested, the state registrar shall be alerted to the fact that the certificate is that of a missing child.

B. Upon notification by a law enforcement agency that a child born outside the state is missing, the state registrar shall notify the corresponding officer in the state where the child was born that the child has been reported missing.

C. In response to any inquiry, the state registrar or any local registrar appointed by the state registrar or any employee of the vital statistics bureau of the health services division of the department of health shall not provide a copy of a birth certificate or information concerning the birth record of any missing child whose birth record is flagged pursuant to this section, except following notification of the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the investigation of the missing child. Such inquiries shall be handled in the following manner:

(1) when a copy of the birth certificate of a missing child whose record has been flagged is requested in person, the local registrar or employee accepting the request shall immediately notify that person's supervisor or the state registrar. If possible, the person making the request shall complete a form supplying the requester's name, address, telephone number and relationship to the missing child and the name, address and birth date of the missing child. The driver's license of the requester, if available, shall be photocopied and returned. The requester shall be informed that a copy of the birth certificate will be mailed to the requester. The local registrar or employee shall note the physical description of the requester, and, upon that requester's departure from the vital statistics bureau office, the supervisor or state registrar shall immediately notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the request and the information obtained pursuant to this paragraph. The state registrar will retain the form completed by the person making the request; and

(2) when a copy of the birth certificate of a missing child whose birth record has been flagged is requested in writing, the state registrar shall immediately notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the request and shall provide a copy of the written request. The state registrar shall retain the original written request.

D. Upon notification by a law enforcement agency that a missing child has been recovered, the state registrar shall remove the flag from the child's birth record.
N.M. Stat. § 72-13-9 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 13 / Section 72-13-9
§ 72-13-9. Conducting water so as to prevent waste
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any owner, person or corporation using the waters from any artesian well to conduct the same through any ditch, channel or conduit such that more than twenty percent of the waters are lost between the point of appropriation and the point of beneficial use.
N.M. Stat. § 31-27-2 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 27 / Section 31-27-2
§ 31-27-2. Purpose of act; applicability; no additional remedies
Status: in_force

A. The purposes of the Forfeiture Act are to:

(1) make uniform the standards and procedures for the seizure and forfeiture of property subject to forfeiture;

(2) protect the constitutional rights of persons whose property is subject to forfeiture and of innocent owners holding interests in property subject to forfeiture;

(3) deter criminal activity by reducing its economic incentives;

(4) increase the pecuniary loss from criminal activity;

(5) protect against the wrongful forfeiture of property; and

(6) ensure that only criminal forfeiture is allowed in this state and only pursuant to state law.

B. The Forfeiture Act:

(1) applies to all seizures, forfeitures and dispositions of property subject to forfeiture pursuant to laws that specifically apply the Forfeiture Act in this state; and

(2) does not apply to:

(a) contraband, which is subject to seizure pursuant to applicable state laws, but is not subject to forfeiture pursuant to the Forfeiture Act;

(b) animals that are subject to seizure, impoundment, alteration, permanent removal from custody or destruction for animal welfare, public health and safety or compliance and enforcement purposes pursuant to applicable state and local laws;

(c) real property or personal property that is located on that real property that is subject to destruction pursuant to state and local laws to protect public health and safety; and

(d) forfeiture that results from a lien for charges or assessments that are provided for or fixed by state or local laws.
N.M. Stat. § 30-27-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 27 / Section 30-27-1
§ 30-27-1. Malicious criminal prosecution
Status: in_force

Malicious criminal prosecution consists of maliciously procuring or attempting to procure an indictment or otherwise causing or attempting to cause a criminal charge to be preferred or prosecuted against an innocent person, knowing him to be innocent.

Whoever commits malicious criminal prosecution is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-27 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-27
§ 59A-34-27. Mutual members, quorum
Status: in_force

A domestic mutual insurer may in its bylaws adopt a reasonable provision for determining a quorum of members at any meeting thereof, but no provision recognizing a quorum of fewer than a simple majority in person or proxy of all the insurer's members shall be effective unless approved as reasonable by the superintendent. This section shall not affect any other provision of law requiring vote of a different percentage of members for a specified purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 31-20-1 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 20 / Section 31-20-1
§ 31-20-1. Sentence of corporations
Status: in_force

The court may sentence any corporation, club, organization or unincorporated association which has been convicted of a crime to pay a fine authorized by the Criminal Code.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-21 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-21
§ 67-3-21. Investigations and experiments; reports; cooperation of state educational institutions; costs; publications
Status: in_force

The commission shall conduct such investigations and experiments as in its judgment may tend to the benefit of highway construction in the state, and make reports thereof to the governor, and may cooperate with state or national organizations in experiments and work for the advancement of highway construction. It shall cause investigations and tests of road materials to be made within the various counties of the state until a sufficient knowledge is obtained of the location and availability of all materials suitable for road building, and in such investigations and tests may call upon and utilize any of the officers, employees, equipment or resources of any of the state educational institutions. Provided, however, that the actual cost of such tests or investigations made by any institution shall be borne by the state and paid from the state road fund. The commission may issue and circulate such bulletins, pamphlets and literature as it may deem necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 21-6-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 6 / Section 21-6-2
§ 21-6-2. Purposes; admission age; admission of nonresidents; tuition; change of name; expenditures for graduates in college; audiological clinic; scholarships; president's powers
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the New Mexico school for the deaf shall be devoted exclusively to the care and instruction of persons of either sex who are residents within the state and between the ages of five years and the age of majority and who are deaf or hard-of-hearing; provided that the board of regents, in its discretion, may admit residents of this state who have attained the age of one year for daytime care and instruction, but not for residential purposes, and may also admit residents of this state who are over the age of majority.

B. The board of regents may make expenditures for undergraduate collegiate expenses of graduates of the New Mexico school for the deaf. The board of regents may permit the use of facilities of the school by public and private agencies in the state in carrying on a conservation-of-hearing program when the agencies participate in the cost of the operation, upon such terms and conditions as the board of regents may prescribe.

C. The board of regents may contract with the veterans' administration and the vocational rehabilitation division of the public education department to provide instruction for adults with a disability in vocations or lip reading taught at the school, but such adults may not be housed at the school. The board of regents may lease for a nominal sum for periods not to exceed three months to the public schools, institutions and agencies of the state any hearing test equipment owned by the school.

D. The board of regents, for the purpose of creating a source of teachers of the deaf, may pay tuition and other necessary expenses of graduates of New Mexico colleges desiring to take training to teach the deaf in out-of-state training centers and intending to make the teaching of the deaf in New Mexico their profession.

E. All instruction shall be free. Deaf or hard-of-hearing children from other states or territories may be received and educated in the school under such rules and regulations as the board of regents may prescribe, but in no event shall such children be admitted except upon the payment or guaranty of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the school year, on the basis of nine months for a school year. The president of the board of regents is authorized to make and enter into on behalf of the school all necessary agreements and contracts with the United States government and the proper authorities of other states and territories for the reception and education of such children, and the president is further authorized to receive and receipt for all money paid upon such account and to endorse and transfer all checks, vouchers or other evidences of payment made or received in behalf of the school.
N.M. Stat. § 4-44-4.1 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 44 / Section 4-44-4.1
§ 4-44-4.1. Class B counties; high valuation; salaries
Status: in_force

The annual salaries of elected officers of a class B county with an assessed valuation of over three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall not exceed, for:

A. county commissioners, thirty thousand one hundred ninety-six dollars ($30,196) each;

B. treasurer, seventy-five thousand seven hundred thirty-three dollars ($75,733);

C. assessor, seventy-five thousand seven hundred thirty-three dollars ($75,733);

D. sheriff, seventy-eight thousand nine hundred fifty-two dollars ($78,952);

E. county clerk, seventy-five thousand seven hundred thirty-three dollars ($75,733); and

F. probate judge, twenty-six thousand four hundred eighty-two dollars ($26,482).
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-19
§ 21-11-19. Permanent improvement and interest and retirement funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of said bonds shall be paid to the secretary and treasurer of said regents, and shall be placed in a separate fund to be known as “permanent improvement fund” to be used and paid out only for the specified purposes enumerated in this act and upon order of the board of regents, on checks signed by the president or vice president and by the secretary or treasurer of said board. Provided, however, that moneys received on account of accrued interest on said bonds to date of delivery shall be placed in the “interest and retirement fund” for the liquidation of said bonds as hereinafter provided. The cost of preparing, advertising and selling said bonds, including any necessary legal expenses thereon, shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.48 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.48
§ 7-1-6.48. Distribution; contributions to department of health; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research fund in an amount equal to the money designated pursuant to Section 7-2-30.1 NMSA 1978 as contributions to the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research fund.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-39 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-39
§ 73-8-39. Requiring payment of pro rata share of prior costs
Status: in_force

The board of directors may require as a condition precedent to the granting of the petition that the petitioners shall severally pay to the district such respective sums, as nearly as the same can be estimated by the board, as the petitioner or petitioners, or his or their grantor or grantors, would have been required to pay to such district as assessment for the payment of his or their pro rata of all bonds and the interest thereon which prior thereto may have been issued by said district, or his or their pro rata share of the cost of construction under any contract between the district and the United States, accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States, as in this act provided, had such lands been included in such district at the time the same was originally formed, or when such bonds were so issued or when such contract with the United States was made.
N.M. Stat. § 21-16-6.2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 16 / Section 21-16-6.2
§ 21-16-6.2. Elementary and secondary education curriculum and coursework
Status: in_force

The board may award an appropriate certificate upon completion of an education curriculum and program leading to alternative certification for degreed individuals pursuant to Section 22-10-3.5 NMSA 1978 or certification of educational assistant and coursework in elementary and secondary education professional development. The curriculum and program leading to alternative certification or certification of educational assistants shall be approved by the state board of education.
N.M. Stat. § 42-9-32 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 9 / Section 42-9-32
§ 42-9-32. Issues found for defendant; attachment dismissed; properties released; suit unabated
Status: in_force

In all cases commenced by attachment, in which the truth of the affidavit for attachment, or of any material allegation therein contained shall be denied, and the issue thus formed shall, upon the trial be found for the defendant, the attachment shall be dismissed and all property, rights, effects and credits held or affected thereby, or thereunder, shall be released and discharged from the operation thereof; but such dismissal of the attachment shall not abate the suit, but the same shall proceed as in ordinary cases.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-33 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-33
§ 52-3-33. Occupational diseases; definition
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law, “occupational disease” includes any disease peculiar to the occupation in which the employee was engaged and due to causes in excess of the ordinary hazards of employment as such and includes any disease due to, or attributable to, exposure to or contact with any radioactive material by an employee in the course of his employment.
N.M. Stat. § 40-10B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 10B / Section 40-10B-1
§ 40-10B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 40, Article 10B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Kinship Guardianship Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-20 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-20
§ 58-10-20. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after the corporate existence of an association begins, the initial board of directors shall hold an organizational meeting and, pursuant to the provisions of the Savings and Loan Act and the bylaws, shall elect officers and take other appropriate action in connection with beginning the transaction of business by the association. Upon good cause being shown, the supervisor may, by order, extend the time within which the organizational meeting shall be held.
N.M. Stat. § 13-7-10 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 13-7-10
§ 13-7-10. Hearing aid coverage for children required
Status: in_force

A. Group health care coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act shall provide coverage for a hearing aid and any related service for the full cost of one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear up to two thousand two hundred dollars ($2,200) every thirty-six months for hearing aids for insured children under eighteen years of age or under twenty-one years of age if still attending high school. The insured may choose a higher priced hearing aid and may pay the difference in cost above the two-thousand-two-hundred-dollar ($2,200) limit as provided in this subsection without financial or contractual penalty to the insured or to the provider of the hearing aids.

B. Each insurer that delivers, issues for delivery or renews under the Health Care Purchasing Act any group health care coverage, including any form of self-insurance, may make available to the policyholder the option of purchasing additional hearing aid coverage that exceeds the services described in this section.

C. Hearing aid coverage offered shall include fitting and dispensing services, including providing ear molds as necessary to maintain optimal fit, provided by an audiologist, a hearing aid dispenser or a physician, licensed in New Mexico.

D. The provisions of this section do not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited or specified disease policies.

E. Coverage for hearing aids may be subject to deductibles and coinsurance consistent with those imposed on other benefits under the same group health care coverage, including any form of self-insurance.

F. For the purposes of this section, “ hearing aid ” means durable medical equipment that is of a design and circuitry to optimize audibility and listening skills in the environment commonly experienced by children.
N.M. Stat. § 9-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 8 / Section 9-8-1
§ 9-8-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 9, Article 8 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Health Care Authority Department Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-6-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 6 / Section 19-6-7
§ 19-6-7. Destruction or damage to fence or gate on state lands; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who shall willfully and maliciously cut, destroy or injure any gate or fence enclosing, in whole or in part, any state lands, including lands under lease or contract of sale, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars [($500)] or by imprisonment for not more than five years or both.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1-22 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 36-1-22
§ 36-1-22. Compromise, satisfaction or release by attorney general or district attorney
Status: in_force

The attorney general and district attorneys of this state in their respective districts, when any civil proceedings may be pending in their respective districts, in the district court, in which the state or any county may be a party, whether the same be an ordinary suit, scire facias proceedings, proceedings growing out of any criminal prosecution, or otherwise, shall have power to compromise or settle said suit or proceedings, or grant a release or enter satisfaction in whole or in part, of any claim or judgment in the name of the state or county, or dismiss the same, or take any other steps or proceedings therein which to him may appear proper and right; and all such civil suits and proceedings shall be entirely under the management and control of the said attorney general or district attorneys, and all compromises, releases and satisfactions heretofore made or entered into by said officers are hereby confirmed and ratified.
N.M. Stat. § 41-4-6 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 4 / Section 41-4-6
§ 41-4-6. Liability; buildings, public parks, machinery, equipment and furnishings
Status: in_force

A. The immunity granted pursuant to Subsection A of Section 41-4-4 NMSA 1978 does not apply to liability for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by the negligence of public employees while acting within the scope of their duties in the operation or maintenance of any building, public park, machinery, equipment or furnishings.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting waiver of immunity for any damages arising out of the operation or maintenance of works used for diversion or storage of water.

C. All irrigation and conservancy districts and their public employees acting lawfully and within the scope of their duties that authorize any part of their property to be used as part of trails within a state park, the state trails system or a trail established and managed by a local public body are excluded from the waiver of immunity under Subsection A of this section for damages arising out of the operation or maintenance of such trails if the irrigation or conservancy district has entered into a written agreement with the state agency or local public body operating or maintaining the trail and that state agency or local public body has agreed to assume the operation and maintenance of that portion of the district's property used for the trail; the state agency or local public body operating or maintaining the trail shall be subject to liability as provided in the Tort Claims Act.