New Mexico § 52-1-6 - Application of provisions of act

§ 52-1-6. Application of provisions of act

A. The provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act shall apply to employers of three

or more workers; provided that act shall apply to all employers engaged in activities

required to be licensed under the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing

Act regardless of the number of employees. The provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act shall not apply to employers of

private domestic servants and farm and ranch laborers. B. An election to be subject to the Workers' Compensation Act by employers of private

domestic servants or farm and ranch laborers, by persons for whom the services of

qualified real estate sales persons are performed or by a partner or self-employed

person may be made by filing, in the office of the director, either a sworn statement

to the effect that the employer accepts the provisions of the Workers' Compensation

Act or an insurance or security undertaking as required by Section 52-1-4 NMSA 1978 . C. Every worker shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the provisions of

the Workers' Compensation Act if his employer is subject to the provisions of that

act and has complied with its requirements, including insurance. D. Such compliance with the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, including

the provisions for insurance, shall be, and construed to be, a surrender by the employer

and the worker of their rights to any other method, form or amount of compensation

or determination thereof or to any cause of action at law, suit in equity or statutory

or common-law right to remedy or proceeding whatever for or on account of personal

injuries or death of the worker than as provided in the Workers' Compensation Act

and shall be an acceptance of all of the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act

and shall bind the worker himself and, for compensation for his death, shall bind

his personal representative, his surviving spouse and next of kin, as well as the

employer and those conducting his business during bankruptcy or insolvency. E. The Workers' Compensation Act provides exclusive remedies. No cause of action outside the Workers' Compensation Act shall be brought by an

employee or dependent against the employer or his representative, including the insurer,

guarantor or surety of any employer, for any matter relating to the occurrence of

or payment for any injury or death covered by the Workers' Compensation Act. Nothing in the Workers' Compensation Act, however, shall affect or be construed

to affect, in any way, the existence of or the mode of trial of any claim or cause

of action that the worker has against any person other than his employer or another

employee of his employer, including a management or supervisory employee, or the insurer,

guarantor or surety of his employer.