As used in the Sexual Crimes Prosecution and Treatment Act:
A. "administrator" means the director of the mental health division of the department of health, or such person or office as the administrator may designate to act in his stead;
B. "evidence" means that evidence relating to the commission of a sexual crime;
C. "medical and psychological treatment" includes that medical, mental or emotional treatment provided a victim of a sexual crime. In addition to the improved physical and emotional condition of a victim, the treatment should result in the improved ability of a victim to make informed and rational choices about serving as a witness in the prosecution of a suspect of a sexual crime; and
D. "sexual crime" includes any act which may be alleged to be a sexual offense or an attempted sexual offense under the provisions of Sections 30-9-10 through 30-9-16 and 30-10-3 NMSA 1978.
History: 1978 Comp., § 29-11-3, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 27, § 3; 1995, ch. 91, § 1.
The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, substituted "mental health division of the department of health" for "behavioral health services division of the health and environment department" in Subsection A; substituted "Sections 30-9-10 through 30-9-16 and 30-10-3 NMSA 1978" for "Sections 40A-9-20 through 40A-9-26 and 40A-10-3 NMSA 1953" in Subsection D; and made a minor stylistic change.
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