Notices; health and social services department [human

services department][health care authority department]. (Contingent repeal. See note.) The "appropriate public authorities" as used in Article 3 of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to New Mexico, mean the health and social services department [human services department][health care authority department], and said department shall receive and act with reference to notices required by said Article 3. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-16A-3, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 151, § 3; recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 32A-11-3 by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 212.