Chapter 24 — Chapter 24

History: Laws 1994, ch. 59, § 14; repealed Laws 2005, ch. 321, § 14.

A. All data sources shall participate in the health information system. Requests for health data under the Health Information System Act from a member of a data source category shall, where reasonable and equitable, be made to all members of that data source category. B. Upon mak…

At least once each year, the department shall review its data collection requirements to determine the relevancy of the data elements on which it collects data and review its regulations and procedures for collecting, analyzing and reporting data for efficiency, effectiveness and…

The department has the right to verify the accuracy of data provided by any data source. The verification may include requiring the data source to submit documentation sufficient to verify the accuracy of the data in question or to provide direct inspection during normal business…

All state agencies and political subdivisions shall cooperate with and assist the department in carrying out the provisions of the Health Information System Act, including sharing information and joining in any appropriate health information system. History: Laws 1994, ch. 59, § …

In order to minimize the imposition of new reporting requirements on persons subject to the provisions of the Health Information System Act, the regulations to the extent reasonably possible shall provide that: A. data shall be collected in a uniform manner; B. when practicable, …

A. Access to data in the health information system shall be provided in accordance with rules adopted by the department pursuant to the Health Information System Act. B. A data provider may obtain data it has submitted to the system, as well as aggregate data, but, except as prov…

By January 1, 2018, the department shall ensure that the public is provided with access, free of charge, to a user-friendly, searchable and easily accessible web site on which the department shall post and update on a regular basis cost, quality and such other information it publ…

A. A report in printed format that provides information of use to the general public shall be produced annually. The report shall be made available upon request. The department may make the report available on tape or other electronic format. B. The department shall provide an an…

A. Health information collected and disseminated pursuant to the Health Information System Act is strictly confidential and shall not be a matter of public record or accessible to the public except as provided in this section and Sections 24-14A-6 and 24-14A-7 NMSA 1978. No data …

Except for the annual reports required pursuant to the Health Information System Act, the department may collect a fee of up to one hundred dollars ($100) per hour to offset partially the costs of producing public-use data aggregations or data for single use special studies. Enti…

This act [24-14B-1 to 24-14B-10 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Electronic Medical Records Act". History: Laws 2009, ch. 69, § 1.

If a state agency requires the use of electronic medical records for any type of health care or health coverage program, the agency shall allow a health care group purchaser, health care institution, health information exchange, provider, record locator service or any other perso…

The purpose of the Electronic Medical Records Act is to provide for the use, disclosure and protection of electronic medical records. History: Laws 2009, ch. 69, § 2.

As used in the Electronic Medical Records Act: A. "demographic information" means information that identifies the individual who is the subject of the health care information, including the individual's name, date of birth and address and other information necessary to identify t…

recognition. If a law or rule requires a medical record to be in writing, or if a law or rule requires a signature pertaining to a medical record, an electronic medical record or an electronic signature satisfies that law or rule, except for a court rule. History: Laws 2009, ch. …

A. If a law or rule requires that a medical record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record that: (1) accurately reflects the medical record; and (2) remains accessible and is capable of being accurately reproduced for later reference. B. If a l…

A. A provider, health care institution, health information exchange or health care group purchaser shall not use or disclose health care information in an individual's electronic medical record to another person without the consent of the individual except as allowed by state or …

If an individual requests to exclude all of the individual's information from the record locator service pursuant to Subsection E of Section 6 [24-14B-6 NMSA 1978] of the Electronic Medical Records Act, the record locator service, health information exchange, health care institut…

A disclosure otherwise permissible under the Electronic Medical Records Act may be made to providers, health care group purchasers, health care institutions, health information exchanges or record locator services located or operating outside of the state. History: Laws 2009, ch.…

Nothing in the Electronic Medical Records Act shall be construed to apply to a person operating as a property and casualty insurer, workers' compensation insurer, life insurer, long-term care insurer or disability income insurer. History: Laws 2009, ch. 69, § 9.

Chapter 24, Article 14C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Health Care Work Force Data Collection, Analysis and Policy Act". History: Laws 2011, ch. 152, § 1; 2012, ch. 16, § 1.

As used in the Health Care Work Force Data Collection, Analysis and Policy Act: A. "board" means any state health care work force licensing or regulatory board, including the New Mexico medical board; the New Mexico board of dental health care; the board of nursing; the board of …

housing of data; analysis and reporting. A. Subject to the availability of state, federal or private foundation funding or other sources of funding, the chancellor shall create and maintain the "health care work force database". The chancellor shall: (1) enter into agreements wit…

A. The chancellor may contract and collaborate with a private or public entity to establish and maintain the database, to analyze data collected, to develop reports for the legislature or the executive branch or to perform other duties to carry out the provisions of the Health Ca…

mandatory compliance for applicants; reporting by boards; confidentiality of data; rulemaking. A. An applicant for a license from a board or renewal of a license by a board shall provide the information prescribed by the chancellor pursuant to Subsection C of this section. This s…

analysis; recruitment planning; strategic plan for improving health care access; work force survey. The chancellor for health sciences of the university of New Mexico shall convene a health care work force work group that includes representatives of health care consumers; health …

Chapter 24, Article 15 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Ski Safety Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 12-16-1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 218, § 1; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-28-1, by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1979, ch. 279, § 1.

A. It is recognized that skiing as a recreational sport is inherently hazardous to skiers, and it is the duty of each skier to conduct himself carefully. B. A person who takes part in the sport of skiing accepts as a matter of law the dangers inherent in that sport insofar as the…

Any ski area operator shall be liable for loss or damages caused by the failure to follow the duties set forth in Sections 24-15-7 and 24-15-8 NMSA 1978 where the violation of duty is causally related to the loss or damage suffered, and shall continue to be subject to liability i…

Any passenger shall be liable for loss or damages resulting from violations of the duties set forth in Section 24-15-9 NMSA 1978, and shall not be able to recover from the ski area operator for any losses or damages where the violation of duty is causally related to the loss or d…

Any skier shall be liable for loss or damages resulting from violations of the duties set forth in Section 24-15-10 NMSA 1978, and shall not be able to recover from the ski area operator for any losses or damages where the violation of duty is causally related to the loss or dama…

A. Unless a ski area operator is in violation of the Ski Safety Act, with respect to the skiing area and ski lifts, and the violation is a proximate cause of the injury complained of, no action shall lie against such ski area operator by any skier or passenger or any representati…

A. In order to safeguard life, health, property and the welfare of this state, it is the policy of New Mexico to protect its citizens and visitors from unnecessary hazards in the operation of ski lifts and passenger aerial tramways and to require liability insurance to be carried…

As used in the Ski Safety Act: A. "ski lift" means any device operated by a ski area operator used to transport passengers by single or double reversible tramway, chair lift or gondola lift, T-bar lift, J- bar lift, platter lift or similar device or a fiber rope tow; B. "passenge…

A. Every ski area operator shall file with the department of transportation and keep on file with the department proof of financial responsibility in the form of a current insurance policy in a form approved by the department, issued by an insurance company authorized to do busin…

Any operator convicted of operating a ski lift or aerial passenger tramway without having obtained and kept in force an insurance policy as required by the Ski Safety Act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day of …

Provisions of the Ski Safety Act are in lieu of all other regulations, registration or licensing requirements for ski areas, ski lifts and tramways. Ski lifts and tramways shall not be construed to be common carriers within the meaning of the laws of New Mexico. History: 1953 Com…

Every ski area operator shall have the following duties with respect to the operation of a skiing area: A. to mark all snow-maintenance vehicles and to furnish such vehicles with flashing or rotating lights, which shall be in operation whenever the vehicles are working or are in …

Every ski area operator has the duty to operate, repair and maintain all ski lifts in safe condition. The ski area operator, prior to December 1 of each year, shall certify to the department of transportation the policy number and name of the company providing liability insurance…

Every passenger shall have the duty to conduct himself carefully and not to: A. board or embark upon or disembark from a ski lift except at an area designated for such purpose; B. drop, throw or expel any object from a ski lift; C. do any act which shall interfere with the runnin…

This act [24-15A-1 to 24-15A-6 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Search and Rescue Act". History: 1978 Comp., § 24-15A-1, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 107, § 1.

It is the purpose of the Search and Rescue Act: A. to prepare, organize and coordinate efforts of federal, state and local governmental agencies and volunteer organizations for prompt and efficient search, location, rescue, recovery, care and treatment of persons lost, entrapped …

As used in the Search and Rescue Act: A. "search and rescue" or "SAR" means the employment, coordination and utilization of available resources and personnel in locating, relieving the distress and preserving the lives of and removing survivors from the site of a disaster, emerge…

created. A. The position of "state search and rescue resource officer" is created within the department of public safety. B. The state search and rescue resource officer shall be a noncommissioned employee. C. The state search and rescue resource officer shall be the chief admini…

duties. The state search and rescue resource officer shall, with the approval of the director: A. compile, maintain and disseminate an inventory of resources available in the state; B. compile, maintain and disseminate rosters of persons, agencies and organizations available for …

membership; duties and responsibilities; terms. A. There is created a policy advisory committee, to be known as the "state search and rescue review board", whose duty it is to evaluate the operation of the New Mexico search and rescue plan; evaluate problems of specific missions;…

and rescue criteria. A. The state SAR resource officer, in consultation with local, state, federal and tribal emergency responders, search and rescue volunteer organizations and the board, shall establish standardized criteria for notifying the state SAR control agency of a SAR e…

agencies with relevant emergency response jurisdiction. After being notified of a SAR emergency, the state SAR control agency shall promptly notify the entity that requested assistance and other appropriate authorities having jurisdiction, including affected land management agenc…

Chapter 24, Article 16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act". History: Laws 1985, ch. 85, § 1; 2007, ch. 20, § 1.