0001| SENATE BILL 243 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| TOM C. WRAY | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO MEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PROHIBITING THE STATE | 0013| MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR FROM CHARGING FOR CERTAIN SERVICES | 0014| PERFORMED FOR AN INDIAN NATION, TRIBE OR PUEBLO. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. Section 24-11-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971, | 0018| Chapter 112, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read: | 0019| "24-11-3. STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR--QUALIFICATIONS--DUTIES--OFFICE.-- | 0020| A. The state medical investigator shall be a | 0021| physician licensed to practice in New Mexico. Insofar as | 0022| practicable, the medical investigator shall be trained in the | 0023| fields of pathology and forensic medicine. | 0024| B. The state medical investigator shall maintain his | 0025| office at the ~~[school of medicine at the]~~ university of New | 0001| Mexico medical school. | 0002| C. The state medical investigator shall appoint | 0003| district medical investigators and, where necessary, deputy | 0004| medical investigators who shall serve at his pleasure. The | 0005| state medical investigator may assign deputy medical | 0006| investigators to districts to work under the supervision of a | 0007| district medical investigator. The district medical | 0008| investigator shall be a licensed physician. When deemed | 0009| necessary by the state medical investigator, he may direct a | 0010| deputy or district medical ~~[examiner]~~ investigator to enter | 0011| another district for the purpose of carrying out medical | 0012| investigations. | 0013| D. Any district created by the state medical | 0014| investigator to be staffed by a district medical investigator | 0015| shall be coextensive with one or more counties. | 0016| E. The state medical investigator may enter into | 0017| agreements for services to be performed by persons in the course | 0018| of medical investigations. | 0019| F. The state medical investigator shall, subject to | 0020| the approval of the board of medical ~~[investigations]~~ | 0021| investigators, promulgate rules and regulations for the proper | 0022| investigation of deaths occurring within this state. | 0023| G. The state medical investigator shall maintain | 0024| records of the deaths occurring within this state which are | 0025| investigated by either state or district medical investigators. | 0001| H. In addition to other duties prescribed in this | 0002| section, the state medical investigator shall also serve as the | 0003| district medical investigator for Bernalillo county. | 0004| I. Funds for the operation of the state and district | 0005| medical investigators' offices shall be appropriated to and | 0006| administered by the university of New Mexico medical school | 0007| ~~[of medicine]~~. | 0008| J. The state medical investigator may not charge | 0009| for services performed for an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo if | 0010| the state medical investigator performs the same services for an | 0011| agency or political subdivision of the state without charge." | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0015| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| JANUARY 24, 1996 | 0019| | 0020| Mr. President: | 0021| | 0022| Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0023| | 0024| SENATE BILL 243 | 0025| | 0001| has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT | 0002| TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the INDIAN AND | 0003| CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. | 0004| | 0005| Respectfully submitted, | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| __________________________________ | 0011| SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Date ________________________ | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| S0243CC1 | 0024| | 0025| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0001| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| February 7, 1996 | 0005| | 0006| Mr. President: | 0007| | 0008| Your INDIAN & CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0009| been referred | 0010| | 0011| SENATE BILL 243 | 0012| | 0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that | 0014| it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0015| | 0016| Respectfully submitted, | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| __________________________________ | 0021| John Pinto, Chairman | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0001| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Date ________________________ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0008| Yes: 5 | 0009| No: 0 | 0010| Excused: Chavez, Kysar, Maes | 0011| Absent: None | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| S0243IC1 | 0015| | 0016| |