RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH; ALLOWING LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE PRENATAL, DELIVERY AND POSTNATAL CARE TO A MINOR; PROVIDING A MINOR WITH THE CAPACITY TO CONSENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. PREGNANCY--PRENATAL, DELIVERY AND POSTNATAL TREATMENT TO A FEMALE MINOR--CAPACITY TO CONSENT.--A health care provider shall have the authority, within the limits of his license, to provide prenatal, delivery and postnatal care
to a female minor. A female minor shall have the capacity to
consent to prenatal, delivery and postnatal care by a
licensed health care provider.