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2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 22 - Safe Haven for Infants
Section 24-22-8 - Immunity.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 24-22-8 (2019)
A safe haven site and its staff are immune from criminal liability and civil liability for accepting an infant in compliance with the provisions of the Safe Haven for Infants Act but not for subsequent negligent medical care or treatment of the infant.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 31, § 8 and Laws 2001, ch. 132, § 8; 2013, ch. 20, § 7.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed terminology to conform to changes in terminology in the act; and at the beginning of the sentence, after "A", deleted "hospital" and inserted "safe haven site".
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