{"data":{"id":"us-nm/24-6b-12","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"24-6B-12","heading":"Search and notification.","body":"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:\n(1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\n(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.\nB. 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.\nC. 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.","path":["Chapter 24 - Health and Safety","ARTICLE 6B Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18524/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"fcee30062588f9e4d3574c0a8754166b071060aa9a1e0c6518cde1504b283e2e","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/24-6b-11","next":"us-nm/24-6b-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}