2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 41 - Torts
Article 1A - Forum Selection and Choice of Law
Section 41-1A-1 - Exclusive forum selection and choice of law provisions in health care provider contracts; enforcement. (Repealed effective July 1, 2019.)
41-1A-1. Exclusive forum selection and choice of law provisions in health care provider contracts; enforcement. (Repealed effective July 1, 2019.)
A. Exclusive forum selection and choice of law provisions regarding claims or civil actions against a health care provider for medical treatment, lack of medical treatment or other claimed departure from accepted standards of health care that proximately results in injury to a patient, whether the claim or cause of action sounds in tort or in contract, including actions based on battery or wrongful death, shall be enforced by the courts of this state.
B. As used in this section, "health care provider" means:
(1) a person licensed, registered, certified or otherwise authorized to provide health care services pursuant to the laws of a state;
(2) a hospital, outpatient facility, diagnostic treatment center, rehabilitation center, community mental health center, residential treatment center, hospice or home health agency licensed or otherwise authorized to provide health care services pursuant to the laws of a state;
(3) a person that owns, operates or manages a health care provider or group of health care providers; or
(4) the employees, officers, agents and governing board members of a health care provider or group of health care providers.
History: Laws 2016, ch. 34, 1.
