{"data":{"id":"us-nm/24-7c-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"24-7C-4","heading":"Determining capacity.","body":"If an individual has a recent history of a mental health disorder or an intellectual disability that could cause impaired judgment with regard to end-of-life medical decision making, or if, in the opinion of the prescribing health care provider or consulting health care provider, an individual currently has a mental health disorder or an intellectual disability that may cause impaired judgment with regard to end-of-life medical decision making, the individual shall not be determined to have capacity to make end-of-life decisions until the:\nA. health care provider refers the individual for evaluation by a mental health professional with the training and expertise to assess a person with such a disorder or disability; and\nB. mental health professional determines the individual to have capacity to make end-of-life decisions after evaluating the individual during one or more visits with the individual.","path":["Chapter 24 - Health and Safety","ARTICLE 7C End-of-Life Options"],"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":"9580d25ea31a85f557a2652c04ce310f6bd94f7e67e67cc53f13401f0445f2f7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/24-7c-3","next":"us-nm/24-7c-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}