Unless otherwise specified in an advance directive for mental health treatment, a person then authorized to make mental health treatment decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy and consent to the disclosure of medical or any other health care information.
§ 24-7B-10 NMSA 1978
Health care information
Known as the Mental Health Care Treatment Decisions Act
The act spans §§ 24–24 (16 sections).
Laws 2006, ch. 7, § 10.
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.