2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 4 - Special Medical Needs
Section 27-4-2 - Definitions.
As used in the Special Medical Needs Act [27-4-1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "department" or "division" means the income support division of the human services department;
B. "board" means the division;
C. "aged person" means a person who has attained the age of sixty-five years and does not have a spouse financially able, according to regulations of the division, to furnish support;
D. "person with a disability" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years and is determined to have a permanent and total disability, according to regulations of the division; and
E. "blind person" means a person who is determined to be blind according to regulations of the division.
History: 1953 Comp., § 13-15-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 311, § 2; 1977, ch. 252, § 20; 2007, ch. 46, § 20.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, made non-substantive language changes.
