§ 61-23-31.1 — Good samaritan. (Repealed effective July 1, 2030.)

New Mexico § 61-23-31.1

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 61: Professional and Occupational Licenses
• Art. 23: Engineering and Surveying

Text

A. A professional engineer or professional surveyor who voluntarily, without compensation, at the request of a state or local public official acting in an official capacity, provides aircraft structure, structural, aeronautical, electrical, mechanical, other engineering services or surveying at the scene of a declared national, state or local emergency caused by a major earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, explosion, flood, collapse or other similar disaster or catastrophic event, such as a terrorist act, shall not be liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage or other loss caused by the engineer's or surveyor's acts, errors or omissions in the performance of any surveying or engineering services for any structure, building, piping or other engineered system, publicly or governmentally owned. B. The immunity provided shall apply only to a voluntary engineering or surveying service that occurs within thirty days of the emergency, disaster or catastrophic event, unless extended by an executive order issued by the governor under the governor's emergency executive powers. Nothing in this section shall provide immunity for wanton, willful or intentional misconduct.

Legislative History

1978 Comp., § 61-23-31.1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 218, § 38; 2005, ch. 69,