Section 24-6B-12 - Search and notification. - New Mexico Statutes

24-6B-12. Search and notification.

A.     The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:

(1)     a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and

(2)     if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.

B.     If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.

C.     A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.