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2009 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 43 - Commitment Procedures.
Article 1 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Section 43-1-5 - Competence.
43-1-5. Competence.
Neither the fact that a person has been accepted at or admitted to a hospital or institutional facility, nor the receiving of mental health or developmental disability treatment services, shall constitute a sufficient basis for a finding of incompetence or the denial of any right or benefit of whatever nature which he would have otherwise.
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