N.M. Stat. § 12-10A-13
Vaccination and treatment.
A. During a state of public health emergency, a qualified person authorized by the
secretary of health may vaccinate persons to prevent infection by a threatening
communicable disease and to protect against the spread of that disease.
B. To protect against the spread of a threatening communicable disease, the
secretary of health may isolate or quarantine a person who is unable or unwilling for
reasons of health, religion or conscience to undergo vaccination pursuant to the
standards and procedures set forth in the Public Health Emergency Response Act.
C. A qualified person authorized by the secretary of health may vaccinate a minor
less than eighteen years of age, unless the minor or the minor's duly authorized
representative presents a certificate issued by a duly licensed physician or an advanced
practice registered nurse, certified nurse-midwife or physician assistant working within
that person's scope of practice that states that the minor's physical condition is such
that the vaccination would seriously endanger the minor's life or health.
D. During a state of public health emergency, in order to provide treatment to a
person who is exposed to or infected with a threatening communicable disease:
(1)
treatment may be administered by a public health official;
(2)
treatment shall be approved pursuant to appropriate regulations
promulgated by the federal food and drug administration; and
(3)
the secretary of health may isolate or quarantine a person who is unable
or unwilling, for reasons of health, religion or conscience, to undergo treatment pursuant
to the standards and procedures set forth in the Public Health Emergency Response
Act.