New Mexico § 28-8-4 Duty of medical practitioners

New Mexico Statutes

§ 28-8-4 — Duty of medical practitioners

New Mexico § 28-8-4

Ch. 28Human Rights

Art. 8Identifying Devices and Cards for Disabled Persons

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 28-8-4 (2026).

Text

A.A medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or an identification card of the type described in Subsection B of Section 2 [28-8- 2 NMSA 1978] of this act and examine them for emergency information.

B.A claim for relief against a medical practitioner does not arise from his making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.

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A. A medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or an identification card of the type described in Subsection B of Section 2 [28-8- 2 NMSA 1978] of this act and examine them for emergency information. B. A claim for relief against a medical practitioner does not arise from his making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.