Section 11-7-5 - Notice of transfer. - New Mexico Statutes

11-7-5. Notice of transfer.

Whenever the compact administrator receives a request for the transfer of a patient from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, and he determines that the transfer is in the best interest of the patient, he shall give notice of the proposed transfer to the patient, the spouse of the patient, the parents of the patient and the adult children of the patient. This notice shall also notify these people of the right, if requested, to a court hearing on the proposed transfer and shall contain a request for written consent from these people for the transfer. The notice shall be in writing, and the respondents shall be given fourteen days from the date of mailing of the notice to consent or object to the transfer, or to request a court hearing. No transfer shall be made if there is any written objection or request made to the compact administrator except upon order of the court after hearing. However, no transfer shall be made if the compact administrator receives written objections from all these people. No transfer shall be made of a patient ordered hospitalized by any court unless written notice of the proposed transfer has been given to that court.