New Mexico § 52-3-4 - Definitions
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 52-3-4 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52-3-4. Definitions
As used in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law: A. “award” means the final compensation order made by the workers' compensation judge
pursuant to Section 52-5-7 NMSA 1978; B. “compensation” means the payments and benefits provided for in the New Mexico Occupational
Disease Disablement Law; C. “compensation order” means a compensation order of the workers' compensation division
issued by a workers' compensation judge pursuant to Section 52-5-7 NMSA 1978; and D. “disablement” means: (1) the total physical incapacity, by reason of an occupational disease, of an employee
to perform any work for remuneration or profit in the pursuit in which the employee
was engaged, provided that silicosis, when complicated by active tuberculosis of the
lungs, shall be presumed to result in disablement; or (2) the partial physical incapacity of an employee, by reason of an occupational disease,
to perform to some percentage extent any work for which he is fitted by age, education
and training.
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Section 52-3-4 ("Definitions") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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