Benefits shall be paid by the employer to the worker in installments. The first installment shall be paid not later than fourteen days after the worker has missed seven days of lost time from work, whether or not the days are consecutive. Remaining installments shall be paid twice a month at intervals not more than sixteen days apart, in sums as nearly equal as possible, except as provided in Section 52-5-12 NMSA 1978.
§ 52-3-20 NMSA 1978
Payment of benefits in installments
Known as the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law
The act spans §§ 52–52 (63 sections).
1953 Comp., § 59-11-16.2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 299, § 7; 1989, ch. 263, § 55; 1993, ch. 193, § 6; 2003, ch. 259, § 7.
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.