The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney, the board or any citizen of any county where any person engages in the practice of medicine as defined by the laws of New Mexico without possessing a valid license to do so may, in accordance with the laws of the state governing injunctions, maintain an action in the name of the state to enjoin such person from engaging in the practice of medicine until a valid license to practice medicine is secured from the board. Any person who has been so enjoined who violates the injunction shall be punished for contempt of court. Provided, however, the injunction shall not relieve the person practicing medicine without a valid license from criminal prosecution therefor as provided by law, but such remedy by injunction shall be in addition to any remedy now provided for criminal prosecution of such offender. In charging any person in a petition for injunction or in an information or indictment with a violation of law by practicing medicine without a valid license, it is sufficient to charge that the person did, on a certain day and in a certain county, engage in the practice of medicine without having a valid license without alleging any further or more particular facts.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-5-15; Laws 1969, ch. 46, § 10; 1978 Comp., § 61-6-21, recompiled as § 61-6-22 by Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 18.

Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 269, § 32 repealed former 61-6-22 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1987, ch. 204, § 1, relating to annual registration fees, effective July 1, 1989. For present comparable provisions, see 61-6-19 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For penalty for practicing medicine without a license, see 61-6-18 NMSA 1978.

For injunctions, see Rules 1-065 and 1-066 NMRA.

The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, renumbered this section which formerly was 61-6-21 NMSA 1978, corrected a misspelling in the section heading, substituted "the board" for "the board of medical examiners" in two places in the first sentence, and made numerous minor stylistic changes.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61 Am. Jur. 2d Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers § 122.

43A C.J.S. Injunctions § 242.