Neither the fact that a person has been accepted at or admitted to a hospital or institutional facility, nor the receiving of mental health or developmental disability treatment services, shall constitute a sufficient basis for a finding of incompetence or the denial of any right or benefit of whatever nature which he would have otherwise.
§ 43-1-5 NMSA 1978
Competence
Known as the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code
The act spans §§ 43–43 (24 sections).
1953 Comp., § 34-2A-4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 279, § 4.
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.