A. There is established in the health and environment department [department of health] the "Lynn Pierson therapeutic research program". The program shall be administered by the administrator. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the proper administration of the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act. In such promulgation, the department shall take into consideration those pertinent rules and regulations promulgated by the drug enforcement administration, food and drug administration and the national institute on drug abuse.
B. Except as provided in Subsection C of Section 5 [26-2A-5 NMSA 1978] of the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act, the Lynn Pierson therapeutic research program shall be limited to cancer chemotherapy patients and glaucoma patients, who are certified to the patient qualification review board by a physician as being involved in a life-threatening or sense-threatening situation and who are not responding to conventional controlled substances or where the conventional controlled substances administered have proven to be effective but where the patient has incurred severe side effects.
History: 1953 Comp., § 54-12-4, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 22, § 4; 1979, ch. 11, § 1.
Bracketed 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 Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 MNSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department, and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, creating the department of health.
Copyright ©2024 LegalFix. All rights reserved. LegalFix is not a law firm, is not licensed to practice law, and does not provide legal advice, services, or representation. The information on this website is an overview of the legal plans you can purchase—or that may be provided by your employer as an employee benefit or by your credit union or other membership group as a membership benefit.
LegalFix provides its members with easy access to affordable legal services through a network of independent law firms. LegalFix, its corporate entity, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and contractors do not provide legal advice, services, or representation—directly or indirectly.
The articles and information on the site are not legal advice and should not be relied upon—they are for information purposes only. You should become a LegalFix member to get legal services from one of our network law firms.
You should not disclose confidential or potentially incriminating information to LegalFix—you should only communicate such information to your network law firm.
The benefits and legal services described in the LegalFix legal plans are not always available in all states or with all plans. See the legal plan Benefit Overview and the more comprehensive legal plan contract during checkout for coverage details in your state.
Use of this website, the purchase of legal plans, and access to the LegalFix networks of law firms are subject to the LegalFix Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.