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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 8 - Family Planning
Section 24-8-4 - Prohibition against interference with medical judgment of certain health care professionals.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 24-8-4 (2017)
24-8-4. Prohibition against interference with medical judgment of certain health care professionals.
The Family Planning Act does not prohibit or inhibit any person from refusing to provide any family planning service on the grounds that there are valid medical reasons for the refusal and that those reasons are based upon the judgment of a physician or a physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or certified nurse-midwife working within that person's scope of practice given in the specific case of the person for whom services are refused.
History: 1953 Comp., 12-30-4, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 107, 4; 2015, ch. 116, 9.
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