Chapter 41 — Chapter 41

This act [41-8-1 to 41-8-6 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Arson Reporting Immunity Act". History: Laws 1979, ch. 117, § 1.

As used in the Arson Reporting Immunity Act: A. "authorized agencies" means the: (1) state fire marshal or his designate when authorized or charged with the investigation of the fire or explosion at the place where the fire or explosion actually took place; (2) district attorney …

A. Any authorized agency may, in writing, require the insurance company at interest to release to the requesting agency any or all relevant information or evidence deemed important to the authorized agency which the company may have in its possession, relating to the fire loss in…

Any authorized agency or insurance company described in Section 2 or 3 [41-8-2 or 41-8-3 NMSA 1978] of the Arson Reporting Immunity Act who receives any information furnished pursuant to that act, shall hold the information in confidence except as provided for in Subsection C of …

Any person who fails to hold in confidence information required to be held in confidence by Subsection A of Section 4 [41-8-4 NMSA 1978] of the Arson Reporting Immunity Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thous…

The provisions of the Arson Reporting Immunity Act shall not be construed to extend or affect the jurisdiction of any authorized agency specified in that act. History: Laws 1979, ch. 117, § 6.

This act [41-9-1 to 41-9-7 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Review Organization Immunity Act". History: Laws 1979, ch. 169, § 1.

As used in the Review Organization Immunity Act: A. "person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or other entity; B. "health care provider" means any person licensed by the state or permitted by law to provide health care services; C. "health care services" means…

review organization. No person providing information to a review organization shall be subject to any action for damages or other relief by reason of having furnished such information, unless such information is false and the person providing such information knew or had reason t…

No person who is a member or employee of, who acts in an advisory capacity to or who furnishes counsel or services to a review organization shall be liable for damages or other relief in any action brought by a person or persons whose activities have been or are being scrutinized…

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, all data and information acquired by a review organization in the exercise of its duties and functions shall be held in confidence and shall not be disclosed to anyone except to the extent necessary to carry out one or more o…

Any disclosure other than that authorized by the Review Organization Immunity Act of data and information acquired by a review organization or of what transpired at a review organization meeting is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not to exc…

Nothing contained in the Review Organization Immunity Act shall be construed to relieve any person of any liability which the person has incurred or may incur to a patient as a result of furnishing health care services to such patient. History: Laws 1979, ch. 169, § 7.

This act [41-10-1 to 41-10-3 and 41-10-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Food Donors Liability Act". History: Laws 1981, ch. 100, § 1.

As used in the Food Donors Liability Act: A. "canned food" means any food commercially processed and prepared for human consumption; B. "gleaner" means any person who harvests for free distribution any part or all of an agricultural crop that has been donated by the owner; C. "no…

distributors of canned or perishable food; limit on liability for injury. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who donates food in good faith, including the good-faith donor of any perishable or canned food, apparently fit for human consumption, to a bona fid…

food. Culinary programs at community colleges may prepare food to be delivered off campus for donation to social service agency clients or food provider programs to the needy, indigent or hungry. History: Laws 1993, ch. 133, § 1.

A. Wild game meat products may be donated by hunters, taken to a commercial meat processor for preparation and delivery to charitable, religious or other nonprofit organizations and served for human consumption at no charge if transported, stored and processed according to proced…

A. No civil liability shall be predicated upon the breach of Section 60-7A-16 NMSA 1978 by a licensee, except in the case of the licensee who: (1) sold or served alcohol to a person who was intoxicated; (2) it was reasonably apparent to the licensee that the person buying or appa…

violation of law required. Any person or entity who acts without compensation and renders volunteer services as a manager, coach, athletic instructor, umpire, referee or other league official in a formally organized nonprofit sports association for persons under the age of eighte…

Nothing contained in this act [41-12-1, 41-12-2 NMSA 1978] shall be construed so as to affect or limit the liability of any person or entity identified in Section 1 [41-12-1 NMSA 1978] of this act which: A. relates to the transportation of participants in a sports program to or f…

Sections 2 through 4 [41-13-1 to 41-13-3 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Governmental Immunity Act". History: Laws 1999, ch. 268, § 2.

As used in the Governmental Immunity Act: A. "employment" includes services provided by an immune contractor; B. "governmental entity" means the state or a local public body; C. "immune contractor" means a person that: (1) is an independent contractor; and (2) contracts with a go…

A governmental entity, a public employee and an immune contractor are not liable for damages arising out of a claim based upon tort, contract or other civil law claim and caused directly or indirectly by the failure or malfunction of computer hardware, computer software, microchi…

Chapter 41, Article 14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Space Flight Informed Consent Act". History: Laws 2010, ch. 8, § 1; 2013, ch. 131, § 1.

As used in the Space Flight Informed Consent Act: A. "crew" means an employee of a space flight entity who performs activities in the course of that employment directly relating to the launch, reentry or other operation of or in a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle that carries hu…

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a space flight entity is not liable for injury to or death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of space flight activities so long as the warning contained in Section 41-14-4 NMSA 1978 is distributed and signed …

A. A space flight entity providing space flight activities to a participant, whether the activities occur on or off the site of a facility capable of launching a suborbital flight, shall have each participant sign a warning statement. The warning statement shall contain, at a min…