The purpose of the Nursing Practice Act is to promote, preserve and protect the public health, safety and welfare by regulating the practice of nursing, schools of nursing, hemodialysis technicians and medication aides in the state.
§ 61-3-2 NMSA 1978
Purpose
Known as the Nursing Practice Act
The act spans §§ 61–61 (49 sections).
1953 Comp., § 67-2-2, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 44, § 2; 1991, ch. 190, § 1; 2001, ch. 137, § 1.
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