In reporting every birth and stillbirth, physicians and others required to make such reports shall state on the certificate whether a blood test for syphilis has been made upon a specimen of blood taken from the mother of the child for which a birth or stillbirth certificate is filed and the approximate date when the specimen was taken.
§ 24-1-11 NMSA 1978
Reporting of blood tests
Known as the Public Health Act
The act spans §§ 24–24 (72 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Kriz v. Buckeye Petroleum Co., Inc. (1985)
Most recently applied in Kriz v. Buckeye Petroleum Co., Inc. (July 1985)
1953 Comp., § 12-34-11, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 359, § 11.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.