2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters
Article 10A - Public Health Emergency Response
Section 12-10A-2 - Purposes of act.
The purposes of the Public Health Emergency Response Act are to:
A. provide the state of New Mexico with the ability to manage public health emergencies in a manner that protects civil rights and the liberties of individual persons;
B. prepare for a public health emergency; and
C. provide access to appropriate care, if needed, for an indefinite number of infected, exposed or endangered people in the event of a public health emergency.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 218, § 2.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2003, ch. 218, § 21 contained an emergency clause and was approved April 6, 2003.
Compiler's notes. — This section was enacted by the legislature as part of Chapter 12, Article 10 NMSA 1978, but it was assigned to Article 10A by the compiler to separate it from the State Civil Emergency Preparedness Act.
