Benefits shall be paid by the employer to the worker in installments. The first installment shall be paid not later than fourteen days after the worker has missed seven days of lost time from work, whether or not the days are consecutive. Remaining installments shall be paid twice a month at intervals not more than sixteen days apart, in sums as nearly equal as possible, except as provided in Section 52-5-12 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 59-11-16.2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 299, § 7; 1989, ch. 263, § 55; 1993, ch. 193, § 6; 2003, ch. 259, § 7.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For payment of compensation benefits; installments, see 52-1-30 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "the worker has missed seven days of lost time from work, whether or not the days are consecutive" for "the filing of the report required in Section 52-3-51 NMSA 1978" at the end of the first sentence and added "except as provided in Section 52-5-12 NMSA 1978" at the end of the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, in the second sentence, substituted "fourteen" for "thirty one" and "filing of the report required in Section 52-3-51 NMSA 1978" for "date of occurrence of the disablement".