New Mexico Code § 22-34-7

School assignment; diabetes care provision
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A. Students with diabetes shall attend the school they would otherwise attend if they did not have diabetes, and the diabetes care specified in Subsection A of Section 5 [22-34-5 NMSA 1978] of the Student Diabetes Management Act shall be provided at the student's school. A governing body shall not restrict a student who has diabetes from attending any school on the basis that the student has diabetes, that the school does not have a full-time school nurse or that the school does not have trained diabetes care personnel.
B. A school shall not require or pressure parents or guardians to provide diabetes care for a student with diabetes at school or school-related activities.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 22, § 7.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 22 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.

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