N.M. Stat. § 20-12-74
Prohibited activities with military recruit or trainee by
person in position of special trust; consent not a defense.
A. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct if the person:
(1)
is an officer or noncommissioned officer;
(2)
is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected
junior member of the armed forces; and
(3)
knew, or reasonably should have known, that the person was engaged in
prohibited sexual activity with a specially protected junior member of the armed forces.
B. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct if the person is a military recruiter and knew, or reasonably should
have known, that the person was engaged in prohibited sexual activity with:
(1)
an applicant for military service; or
(2)
a specially protected junior member of the armed forces who is enlisted
under a delayed entry program.
C. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct if the person:
(1)
is a commissioned, warrant or noncommissioned officer;
(2)
is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected
member of the armed forces; and
(3)
engaged in prohibited sexual activity with a person that the person knew,
or reasonably should have known, was a specially protected junior member of the
armed forces.
D. Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct if the person:
(1)
is a commissioned, warrant or noncommissioned officer;
(2)
is performing duties as a military recruiter; and
(3)
engaged in prohibited sexual activity with a person that the person knew,
or reasonably should have known, was an applicant for military service; or
(4)
engaged in prohibited sexual activity with a person that the person knew,
or reasonably should have known, was a specially protected junior member of the
armed forces who is enlisted under a delayed entry program.
E. Consent is not a defense to prosecution pursuant to this section.
F. The maximum punishment of prosecution pursuant to this section shall be a
dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances received on or after the
effective date of the sentence and confinement for less than one year.
G. As used in this section:
(1)
"applicant for military service" means a person who, under regulations
prescribed by the secretary concerned, is an applicant for original enlistment or
appointment in the armed forces;
(2)
"military recruiter" means a person who, under regulations prescribed by
the secretary concerned, has the primary duty to recruit persons for military service;
(3)
"prohibited sexual activity" means, as specified in regulations prescribed
by the secretary concerned, inappropriate physical intimacy under circumstances
described in such regulations;
(4)
"regulations prescribed by the secretary concerned" means rules,
regulations, instructions and procedures prescribed by the secretary of the army or
secretary of the air force with respect to soldiers or airmen of the national guard;
(5)
"specially protected junior member of the armed forces" means a member
of the armed forces who is:
(a) assigned to, or is awaiting assignment to, basic training or other initial
active duty for training, including a member who is enlisted under a delayed entry
program;
(b) a cadet, an officer candidate or a student in any other officer qualification
program; or
(c) in any program that, by regulation prescribed by the secretary concerned,
is identified as a training program for initial career qualification; and
(6)
"training leadership position" means, with respect to a specially protected
junior member of the armed forces, any drill instructor position or other leadership
position in a basic training program, an officer candidate school, a reserve officers'
training corps unit, a training program for entry into the armed forces or any program
that, by regulation prescribed by the secretary concerned, is identified as a training
program for initial career qualification.