RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH; ALLOWING LICENSED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS 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.

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