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. History: Laws 2001, ch. 314, § 1 and Laws 2001, ch. 327, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2001, ch. 314, § 1 and Laws 2001, ch. 327, § 1 enacted identical new sections of law, effective June 15, 2001. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 327, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For age of majority, see 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.
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