2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 43 - Commitment Procedures
Article 1 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Section 43-1-7 - Right to treatment.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 43-1-7 (2018)
43-1-7. Right to treatment.

Each resident client receiving mental health services shall have the right to prompt treatment pursuant to an individualized treatment plan and consistent with the least drastic means principle.

History: 1953 Comp., § 34-2A-6, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 279, § 6.

ANNOTATIONS

Law reviews. — For article, "Treating Children Under the New Mexico Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code," see 10 N.M.L. Rev. 279 (1980).

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