Section 26-1-12 - False advertising. - New Mexico Statutes

26-1-12. False advertising.

A.     An advertisement of a drug, device or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular.   

B.     For the purpose of the New Mexico Drug [, Device] and Cosmetic Act [this article] the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, venereal disease, shall also be deemed to be false, except that no advertisement not in violation of Subsection A shall be deemed to be false under this subsection if it is disseminated only to members of the pharmacy, medical, dental or veterinary profession or appears only in the scientific periodicals of those professions or is disseminated only for the purpose of public health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of such drugs or devices; provided, that whenever the board determines that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, [the] board shall by regulation authorize the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the board may deem necessary in the interests of public health; provided, that this subsection shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named herein is safe or efficacious.   

C.     In the case of any dangerous drug distributed or offered for sale in this state by a manufacturer, packer, distributor or retailer, all advertisement with respect to that drug shall contain a true statement of the established or official name, together with any trade or brand name; the formula as represented on the label, in the same order of listing and with all listed warnings and cautions; the dosage form and strength; such other information in brief summary relating to its use, side effects, contraindications and the name of the manufacturer, packer or distributor; provided, that no advertisement prepared in accordance with Section 502(n) of the federal act and disseminated only to practitioners and dispensers shall be in violation of this subsection.