Chemical blood tests; officer unauthorized to make arrest

or direct test except in performance of official duties. Nothing in Sections 66-8-103 or 66-8-104 NMSA 1978 is intended to authorize a police officer or a judicial or probation officer to make an arrest or to direct the performance of a chemical blood test except in the performance of that officer's official duties and as otherwise authorized by law. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-8-104, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 512; 2025, ch. 4, § 19.