Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024
Section 8.10.7.24 - MEDICAL NEGLECTA. PSD shall respond to reports of medical neglect of children (including instances of withholding of medically indicated treatment from disabled infants with life-threatening conditions) and shall take the necessary legal action to protect those children.B. The term withholding medically indicated treatment shall not apply in the following circumstances: (1) the child is chronically and irreversibly comatose;(2) the provision of such treatment would merely prolong dying or otherwise be futile in terms of the survival of the child; or(3) the provision of such treatment would be virtually futile in terms of survival of the child and the treatment itself under such circumstances would be inhumane.C. Nothing in section shall limit existing protection available under state law regarding medical neglect of children over one (1) year of age.8.10.7.24 NMAC - Rp, 8.10.7.20 NMAC, 3/31/10