In addition to its general sentencing authority, the court may order any defendant convicted of prostitution or patronizing prostitutes to be examined for venereal disease and shall sentence any diseased defendant to submit to medical treatment until he is discharged from treatment as noninfectuous [noninfectious]. If the defendant is without funds to pay for medical treatment, it shall be provided by the state department of public health [department of health].
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-9-14, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 9-14.
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Section 12-1-2, 1953 Comp. (Laws 1937, ch. 39, § 2), creating the state department of health, was repealed by Laws 1968, ch. 37, § 7. Laws 1968, ch. 37, § 3, (former 12-1-28, 1953 Comp.), transferred all powers, duties, etc. of the department of public health to the health and social services department, which department was abolished by Laws 1977, ch. 253, § 5. Section 4 of the 1977 act established the health and environment department, consisting of several divisions. Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department, and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, creating the department of health.
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