Utility service shall not be discontinued to any residence where a seriously or chronically ill person is residing if the person responsible for the utility service charges does not have the financial resources to pay the charges and if a licensed physician, physician assistant, osteopathic physician, osteopathic physician's assistant or certified nurse practitioner certifies that discontinuance of service might endanger that person's health or life and the certificate is delivered to a manager or officer of the provider of the utility service at least two days prior to the due date of a billing for service. The commission shall provide by rule the procedure necessary to carry out this section.
History: 1978 Comp., § 62-8-10, enacted by Laws 2000, ch. 88, § 2.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 2000, ch. 88, § 2 repealed former 62-8-10 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1993, ch. 282, § 34, relating to the discontinuance of utility service to seriously ill persons, and enacted a new section, effective March 7, 2000.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability of electric utility to nonpatron for interruption or failure of power, 54 A.L.R.4th 667.
Debtor's protection under 11 USCS § 366 against utility service cutoff, 83 A.L.R. Fed. 207.
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