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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 52 - Workers' Compensation
Article 1 - Workers' Compensation
Section 52-1-44 - Compensation benefits; facial disfigurement.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 52-1-44 (2017)
52-1-44. Compensation benefits; facial disfigurement.
For serious permanent disfigurement about the face or head, the workers' compensation judge may allow, in addition to other compensation benefits that may be allowed under the Workers' Compensation Act, an additional sum for compensation on account of the serious permanent disfigurement as he deems just but not to exceed a maximum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
History: 1953 Comp., 59-10-18.5, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 67, 23; 1967, ch. 151, 4; 1986, ch. 22, 14; 1989, ch. 263, 26.
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