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§ 66-13-6 NMSA 1978

Chemical blood tests; persons qualified to perform tests; relief from civil and criminal liability

Known as the Boating While Intoxicated Act

The act spans §§ 66–66 (13 sections).

Laws 2003, ch. 241, § 6; 2025, ch. 4, § 23.

Only a physician, licensed professional or practical nurse, emergency medical technician or certified phlebotomist or a technologist employed by a hospital or physician shall withdraw blood from a person in the performance of a chemical blood test. A physician, nurse, technician, phlebotomist or technologist who withdraws blood from a person in the performance of a chemical blood test that has been directed by a law enforcement officer, or by a judicial or probation officer, shall not be held liable in a civil or criminal action for assault, battery, false imprisonment or any conduct of a law enforcement officer, except for negligence, nor shall a person assisting in the performance of the test, or a hospital wherein blood is withdrawn in the performance of the test, be subject to civil or criminal liability for assault, battery, false imprisonment or any conduct of a law enforcement officer, except for negligence.

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.