2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 17 - Continuing Care
Section 24-17-18 - Report to attorney general; civil action; civil penalties. (1991)

Any time after the state agency on aging [aging and long-term services department] issues a notice of violation, the state agency on aging [aging and long-term services department] may send the attorney general a written report alleging a possible violation of the Continuing Care Act or any rule adopted pursuant to that act. Upon receipt of that report, the attorney general shall promptly conduct an investigation to determine whether grounds exist for formally finding a violation. If the attorney general makes that finding, he shall file an appropriate action against the alleged violator in a court of competent jurisdiction.  Upon finding violations of any provisions of the Continuing Care Act or any rule adopted pursuant to that act, the court may impose a civil penalty in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) per resident or up to five hundred dollars ($500), in the discretion of the court, for each day that the violation remains uncorrected after the compliance date stipulated in a notice of violation issued pursuant to the Continuing Care Act.