New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24. Health and Safety § 24-1D-9. Legal counsel

The office of general counsel of the department of health shall provide legal services to the corps. The general form of stipend contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of the Health Service Corps Act shall be approved by a special assistant attorney general employed by the department of health and signed by the resident or student and the medical director or his authorized representative on behalf of the state. The corps is vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name for any balance due the state from a resident or student on a contract. Money paid pursuant to contract shall be deposited in the general fund.