SENATE BILL 21

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Steve Komadina

AN ACT

RELATING TO EMERGENCY CARE; AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF "EMERGENCY".

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 24-10-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963, Chapter 59, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "24-10-4. EMERGENCY DEFINED.--As used in Sections

24-10-3 and 24-10-4 NMSA 1978, "emergency" means an unexpected occurrence [of injury or illness occurring in public or private places to a person that results from:

          A. motor vehicle accidents and collisions;

          B. acts of God; and

          C. other accidents and events of similar nature] involving, in a public or private place, harm to a person from:

          A. a medical or physical condition, including birth, birthing or death; 

          B. illness;

          C. injury, including injury from a vehicle accident or collision or other accident;

          D. a disaster, whether natural or man-made; and

          E. an event of a nature similar to others described in this section."

     Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2007.

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