SENATE BILL 128

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Stuart Ingle

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH; AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 1I NMSA 1978 TO ADD CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND CERTIFIED NURSE-MIDWIVES TO THOSE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR WHOM NON-COMPETE PROVISIONS IN CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER AGREEMENTS ARE UNENFORCEABLE.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 24-1I-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2015, Chapter 96, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "24-1I-1. DEFINITIONS.--As used in [this act] Chapter 24, Article 1I NMSA 1978:

          A. "agreement" means a written contract to which a health care practitioner is a party; and

          B. "health care practitioner" means:

                (1) a dentist;

                (2) an osteopathic physician;

                (3) a physician;

                (4) a podiatrist; [and]

                (5) a certified registered nurse anesthetist;

                (6) a certified nurse practitioner; and

                (7) a certified nurse-midwife."

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