Section 43-1-7 - Right to treatment.

NM Stat § 43-1-7 (2019) (N/A)
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Each resident client receiving mental health services shall have the right to prompt treatment pursuant to an individualized treatment plan and consistent with the least drastic means principle.

History: 1953 Comp., § 34-2A-6, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 279, § 6.

Law reviews. — For article, "Treating Children Under the New Mexico Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code," see 10 N.M.L. Rev. 279 (1980).