2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24: Health and Safety
Article 27: Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Act, 24-27-1 through 24-27-7
Section 24-27-5: Informational publications.

24-27-5. Informational publications.

The department of health shall, by January 1, 2006, prepare and distribute to health care providers written publications that include the following information:

A. the medical processes involved in the collection of umbilical cord blood;

B. the medical risks to a mother and her newborn child of umbilical cord blood collection;

C. the current and potential future medical uses and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to a mother, her newborn child and her biological family;

D. the current and potential future medical uses and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to persons who are not biologically related to a mother or her newborn child;

E. any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman who chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation;

F. options for ownership and future use of the donated material; and

G. the availability in this state of umbilical cord blood donations.