2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 14 - Veterinary Medicine
Section 61-14-16 - Responsibility. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)
Every veterinarian using, supervising or employing a registered veterinary technician shall be individually responsible and liable for the performance of the acts and omissions delegated to the veterinary technician. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve the veterinary technician of any responsibility and liability for any of his own acts and omissions.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-11-22.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 96, § 11; 1995, ch. 154, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-14-20 NMSA 1978.
The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, deleted the former last sentence which read "No veterinarian may have under his supervision more than two currently registered veterinarian technicians."
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 78 Am. Jur. 2d Veterinarians § 8.
Veterinarian's liability for malpractice, 71 A.L.R.4th 811.
70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers §§ 83 to 86.
