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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 52 - Workers' Compensation
Article 3 - Occupational Disease Disablement
Section 52-3-20 - Payment of benefits in installments.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 52-3-20 (2017)
52-3-20. Payment of benefits in installments.
Benefits shall be paid by the employer to the worker in installments. The first installment shall be paid not later than fourteen days after the worker has missed seven days of lost time from work, whether or not the days are consecutive. Remaining installments shall be paid twice a month at intervals not more than sixteen days apart, in sums as nearly equal as possible, except as provided in Section 52-5-12 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., 59-11-16.2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 299, 7; 1989, ch. 263, 55; 1993, ch. 193, 6; 2003, ch. 259, 7.
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