A health care provider shall have the authority, within the limits of his license, to provide prenatal, delivery and postnatal care to a female minor. A female minor shall have the capacity to consent to prenatal, delivery and postnatal care by a licensed health care provider.
§ 24-1-13.1 NMSA 1978
Pregnancy; prenatal, delivery and postnatal treatment to a female minor; capacity to consent
Known as the Public Health Act
The act spans §§ 24–24 (72 sections).
Laws 2001, ch. 314, § 1 and Laws 2001, ch. 327, § 1.
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.