Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, in cases of emergency in which a minor is in need of immediate hospitalization, medical attention or surgery and the parents of the minor cannot be located for the purpose of consenting thereto, after reasonable efforts have been made under the circumstances, consent for the emergency attention may be given by any person standing in loco parentis to the minor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-12-2, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 32, § 2; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-25-2, by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9.
Cross references. — For age of majority, see 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 42 Am. Jur. 2d Infants §§ 16, 17, 55, 72; 59 Am. Jur. 2d Parent and Child §§ 11, 48, 74, 88.
Propriety of surgically invading incompetent or minor for benefit of third party, 4 A.L.R.5th 1000.
42 C.J.S. Infants §§ 93, 181.
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