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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 4. Counties § 4-48A-2. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in the Special Hospital District Act:

A. “board of trustees” means the governing board of the special hospital district;

B. “qualified elector” means a natural person resident in a proposed or existing special hospital district who is registered to vote in state general elections;

C. “special hospital district” means a district wherein a public hospital is located or is proposed to be created and which:

(1) is composed of contiguous and compact territory lying wholly within a single county; or

(2) is composed of contiguous and compact territory which includes all or a portion of two or more counties or any combination thereof; and

(3) contains within its boundaries one or more incorporated municipalities; or whose boundaries coincide and are concurrent with the territorial areas of one or more political subdivisions within such county or counties;

D. “hospital facility” includes a medical facility or an outpatient clinic or both; and

E. “subdistrict” means, in the case of a special hospital district composed of all or a portion of two or more counties, the portion of the special hospital district which is located in one county.

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