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2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 5 - Immunization
Section 24-5-1 - Immunization regulations.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 24-5-1 (2019)
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The public health division of the department of health shall, after consultation with the state board of education [public education department], promulgate rules and regulations governing the immunization against diseases deemed to be dangerous to the public health, to be required of children attending public, private, home or parochial schools in the state. The immunizations required and the manner and frequency of their administration shall conform to recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States department of health and human services and the American academy of pediatrics. The public health division shall supervise and secure the enforcement of the required immunization program.

History: 1953 Comp., § 12-3-4.1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 329, § 1; 1977, ch. 253, § 20; 1985, ch. 21, § 5; 1998, ch. 26, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the state board of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For department of health, see 9-7-4 NMSA 1978.

For public education department, see Chapter 9, Article 24 NMSA 1978.

The 1998 amendment, effective May 20, 1998, in the first sentence, substituted "public health" for "health services", deleted "health and environment" following "division of the", and inserted "of health" near the beginning; substituted the language beginning with "recommendations of the advisory committee" for "recognized standard medical practice in the state" in the second sentence; and substituted "public health" for "health services" in the last sentence.

Claim for defective design of vaccine. — The Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder, do not impliedly preempt a state common-law products liability claim for defective design of a pertussis vaccine. MacGillivray v. Lederle Lab. Div., 667 F. Supp. 743 (D.N.M. 1987).

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Health § 27; 68 Am. Jur. 2d Schools §§ 277 to 280.

Products liability: Pertussis vaccine manufacturers, 57 A.L.R.4th 911, 98 A.L.R. Fed. 124.

AIDS infection as affecting right to attend public school, 60 A.L.R.4th 15.

Power of court or other public agency to order vaccination over parental religious objection, 94 A.L.R.5th 613.

39A C.J.S. Health and Environment §§ 18, 22; 79 C.J.S. Schools and School Districts §§ 452, 453.

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