Ski Safety Act
New Mexico · Health and Safety · §§ 24-15-1 to 24-15-9 · 14 sections
Overview
The act governs safety at ski areas by allocating legal responsibility between ski area operators and the skiers and tramway passengers who use their facilities. Operators are required to maintain a safety plan and ski patrol, to post prescribed signs at tramways and on trails and slopes, and to meet other operational duties, while skiers bear their own defined responsibilities — including when they pass outside marked boundaries — and may have their skiing privileges revoked for reckless conduct. It also shapes civil litigation arising from skiing, placing limits on such actions and addressing the effect of violations of its requirements, the use of liability releases, and operator immunity in connection with competitions.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 9 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 88 F.3d 848 - Kidd v. Taos Ski Valley, Inc.
Sections covered
- § 24-15-1 NMSA 1978Short title3 cites
- § 24-15-10 NMSA 1978Duties of the skiers2 cites
- § 24-15-11 NMSA 1978Liability of ski area operators
- § 24-15-12 NMSA 1978Liability of passengers
- § 24-15-13 NMSA 1978Liability of skiers
- § 24-15-14 NMSA 1978Limitation of actions; notice of claim
- § 24-15-2 NMSA 1978Purpose of act3 cites
- § 24-15-3 NMSA 1978Definitions
- § 24-15-4 NMSA 1978Insurance
- § 24-15-5 NMSA 1978Penalty
- § 24-15-6 NMSA 1978Provisions in lieu of others1 cite
- § 24-15-7 NMSA 1978Duties of ski area operators with respect to skiing areas
- § 24-15-8 NMSA 1978Duties of ski area operators with respect to ski lifts
- § 24-15-9 NMSA 1978Duties of passengers
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