N.M. Stat. § 36-2-32
Current through 2024, ch. 69
It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ of, or in any capacity attached to or connected with, any hospital, infirmary or other institution, public or private, which receives patients for medical or surgical treatment, to communicate, directly or indirectly, with any attorney-at-law, or any person representing such attorney, for the purpose of enabling such attorney, or any associate or employee of such attorney, to solicit employment to present a claim for damages or prosecute an action for the enforcement thereof, on behalf of any patient in any such institution, or to negotiate or attempt to negotiate the settlement of any such claim.
NMS § 36-2-32