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Chapter 52: Workers' Compensation
Article 3: Occupational Disease Disablement, 52-3-1 through 52-3-60
Section 52-3-33: Occupational diseases; definition.
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NM Stat § 52-3-33 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis)
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52-3-33. Occupational diseases; definition.
As used in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law [52-3-1 NMSA 1978], "occupational disease" includes any disease peculiar to the occupation in which the employee was engaged and due to causes in excess of the ordinary hazards of employment as such and includes any disease due to, or attributable to, exposure to or contact with any radioactive material by an employee in the course of his employment.
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