2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 23 - State Health Institutions
Article 4 - New Mexico Veterans' Home
Section 23-4-1 - Veterans' home created; advisory board.

23-4-1. Veterans' home created; advisory board.

A. The "New Mexico state veterans' home" located near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, is declared to be a state home for veterans of service in the armed forces of the United States.

B. The "Fort Bayard medical center veterans' unit", a separate and distinct unit of the Fort Bayard medical center, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is declared to be a state home for veterans of service in the armed forces of the United States.

C. There is created the "New Mexico veterans' advisory board". The advisory board shall consist of nine members as follows:

(1) the secretary of veterans' services or his designee;

(2) the director of the state benefits division of the veterans' services department;

(3) a veteran of World War II;

(4) the administrator of a private nursing home;

(5) a registered nurse who is employed by a public or private nursing home;

(6) a veteran of the Korean conflict;

(7) a veteran of the Vietnam conflict;

(8) a veteran of the Gulf War; and

(9) a veteran of the Iraqi Freedom conflict.

D. The governor shall appoint the members designated in Paragraphs (3) through (9) of Subsection C of this section, and their terms shall be for three years each.

E. The New Mexico state veterans' home shall be under the control of the department of health.

F. The New Mexico veterans' advisory board shall provide advice to the secretary of health and the administrators of the New Mexico state veterans' home and the Fort Bayard medical center regarding veterans' services.

History: 1953 Comp., 74-7-1, enacted by Laws 1974 (S.S.), ch. 2, 1; 1983, ch. 329, 1; 1986, ch. 103, 1; 1987, ch. 133, 1; 1991, ch. 24, 1; 1993, ch. 7, 1; 2001, ch. 40, 1; 2004, ch. 19, 25.