0001|                            HOUSE BILL 683
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             GAIL C. BEAM
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH; AMENDING SECTION 24-1-13 NMSA 1978
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0012|     (BEING LAWS 1973, CHAPTER 359, SECTION 13) PERTAINING TO
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0013|     PREGNANCY.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 24-1-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973,
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0017|     Chapter 359, Section 13) is amended to read:
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0018|          "24-1-13.  PREGNANCY--CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO EXAMINATION
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0019|     AND DIAGNOSIS.--Any person regardless of age has the capacity
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0020|     to consent to an examination, <u>including examination by
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<u></u>0021| <u>    palpation,</u> <s>[and]</s> diagnosis <u>and other treatment, except for
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<u></u>0022| <u>    an abortion,</u> by a licensed physician for pregnancy."
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0023|     .114118.1
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