A. Any person who operates or is employed in a health facility shall, upon becoming employed or engaged in such occupation, present to the employer or, if self-employed, file at the place of business a health certificate from a licensed physician stating the person is free from communicable diseases in a transmissible state dangerous to the public health as defined by regulation of the health services division [public health division] of the health and environment department [department of health]. The certificate shall be obtained not more than ninety days prior to the date of employment.
B. All certificates shall be kept on file and be subject to inspection by the licensing authority.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-34-12, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 359, § 12; 1981, ch. 46, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978 which created the department of health. Section 9-7-5 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 17, made the secretary of health the administrative head of the department.
Subsection B of 9-7-4 NMSA 1978 provided that all references to the "health services division" shall be construed to be references to the "public health division".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Health § 56 et seq.
39A C.J.S. Health and Environment §§ 38, 39.