2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 43: Commitment Procedures
Article 1: Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 43-1-1 through 43-1-25
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.