§ 24-7A-9 — Immunities

A. A health-care provider or health-care institution acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care provider or health-care institution is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for: (1) complying or attempting to comply with a health-care decision of a person apparently having authority to make a health-care decision for a patient, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care or make an anatomical gift; (2) declining to comply with a health-care decision of a person based on a belief that the person then lacked authority; (3) complying or attempting to comply with an advance health-care directive and assuming that the directive was valid when made and has not been revoked or terminated; (4) declining to comply with a health-care directive as permitted by Subsection E or F of Section 24-7A-7 NMSA 1978; or (5) complying or attempting to comply with any other provision of the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act. B. An individual acting as agent, guardian or surrogate under the Uniform Health- Care Decisions Act is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for health-care decisions made in good faith.

Legislative History

Laws 1995, ch. 182, § 9; 2000, ch. 54, § 10.