2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 1 - Public Health
Section 24-1-9.7 - Penalty.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 24-1-9.7 (2021)

A person who, in violation of Section 24-1-9.4 NMSA 1978, makes an unauthorized disclosure of the results of a test designed to identify a sexually transmitted infection is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term not to exceed six months or the payment of a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or both.

History: 1978 Comp., § 24-1-9.7, enacted by Laws 1996, ch. 80, § 6; 2017, ch. 87, § 15.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2017 amendment, effective June, 16, 2017, added the statutory reference for the unauthorized disclosure of test results for sexually transmitted infections; and after "A person who", added "in violation of Section 24-1-9.4 NMSA 1978", and after "transmitted", deleted "disease" and added "infection".

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