According to the State Health Law of the State of Nuevo León, these are the general provisions of the State Health Law:

Article 1.- This Law regulates the right to health protection contained in the third Article of the Political Constitution of the State, establishes the bases and modalities of access to health services, and the bases for the participation of the State and its Municipalities in matters of general health and regulates local health, its provisions are of public order and social interest. 

Article 1.- Health is understood as a State of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not only the absence of conditions or diseases. 

Article 2.- The protection of health is the right that all the inhabitants of the State of Nuevo León have to procure health and hygiene conditions that allow them the integral development of their physical and mental capacities. 

Article 3.- The right to health protection has the following purposes: 

I.-The physical, mental and social well-being of man to contribute to the full exercise of his capacities; 

II.-The prolongation and improvement of the quality of human life;

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