Any person regardless of age has the capacity to consent to an examination, preventive care and treatment by a licensed health care provider for any sexually transmitted infection. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-34-9, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 359, § 9; 1993, ch. 341, § 3; 2017, ch. 87, § 9; 2023, ch. 99, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, provided that any person, regardless of age, has the capacity to consent to preventive care by a licensed health care provider for any sexually transmitted infection; in the section heading, added 'preventive care'; and after 'consent to an examination', added 'preventive care'. The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, made technical changes; in the catchline, deleted 'disease' and added 'infection', after 'by a licensed', deleted 'physician' and added 'health care provider', and after 'transmitted', deleted 'disease' and added 'infection'. The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted 'a sexually transmitted' for 'venereal' in the catchline and 'sexually transmitted' for 'venereal' near the end of the section. Law reviews. '. The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted 'a sexually transmitted' for 'venereal' in the catchline and 'sexually transmitted' for 'venereal' near the end of the section. Law reviews. — For article, 'Treating Children Under the New Mexico Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,' see 10 N.M.L. Rev. 279 (1980).
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