{"data":{"id":"us-nm/28-16b-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"28-16B-4","heading":"Service agreement monitoring and enforcement.","body":"A. The office of guardianship shall monitor professional guardians providing services to income-eligible protected persons and enforce agreements the office has executed with guardianship and legal services providers. In carrying out this duty, the office may:\n(1) have access to case records, copies of court filings and reports, financial records and other records maintained by guardianship and legal services providers related to the services provided to income-eligible protected persons, unless specifically sequestered by the court;\n(2) petition the court of jurisdiction for access to records that have been sequestered;\n(3) conduct annual comprehensive service reviews to ensure service providers comply with service agreements and statutory duties;\n(4) visit protected persons to evaluate the adequacy of guardianship services provided and determine if the guardianship should be amended or terminated; and\n(5) pursue legal and other remedies against service providers for noncompliance with service agreements and statutory duties.\nB. The office shall protect and maintain the confidentiality of all client-specific information and records obtained to the same extent as required for the service providers and to any extent otherwise required by state or federal law.","path":["Chapter 28 - Human Rights","ARTICLE 16B Office of Guardianship"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18528/index.do","current_through":"2025-05-15","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"fe5fa45bf8a3809255ac3293f54c1b7e5775de6896caac6d3b7508b303cf4933","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/28-16b-3","next":"us-nm/28-16b-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
