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NM Stat § 24-14-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14 - Vital Statistics|Section 24-14-23 - Permits; authorization for final disposition.

A. For deaths or spontaneous fetal deaths which have occurred in this state, no burial-transit permit shall be required for final disposition of the remains if the disposition occurs in this state and is performed by a funeral service practitioner or direct disposer. B. A burial-transit permit shall be issued by the state registrar or a local registrar for those bodies which are to be transported out of the state for final disposition or when final disposition is being made by a person other than a funeral service practitioner or direct disposer. C. A burial-transit permit issued under the law of another state or country which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state. D. A permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation or otherwise provided by law. The permit shall be issued by the state registrar or state medical investigator to a licensed funeral service practitioner or direct disposer. E. A permit for cremation of a body shall be required prior to the cremation. The permit shall be issued by the state medical investigator to a licensed funeral service practitioner, direct disposer or any other person who makes the arrangements for final disposition. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-43, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 21; 1981, ch. 309, § 17; 1985, ch. 230, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For disposition of dead bodies, see Chapter 24, Article 12 NMSA 1978. For burial of indigents, see Chapter 24, Article 13 NMSA 1978. State registrar shall issue permit to disinter when medical investigator so requires pursuant to the duties and responsibilities of his office. In re Johnson, 1980-NMSC-069, 94 N.M. 491, 612 P.2d 1302. Requirement of notice of intended autopsy or disinterment. — Under some circumstances due process may require that an interested relative be given notice of an intended autopsy or disinterment of a deceased. In re Johnson, 1980-NMSC-069, 94 N.M. 491, 612 P.2d 1302. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 22A Am. Jur. 2d Dead Bodies §§ 5, 6, 48, 49. Dead bodies: liability for improper manner of reinterment, 53 A.L.R.4th 394. 39A C.J.S. Health and Environment § 42.
NM Stat § 24-14-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14 - Vital Statistics|Section 24-14-24 - Extension of time.

A. The department may, by regulation and upon conditions as it may prescribe to assure compliance with the purposes of the Vital Statistics Act, provide for the extension of the periods prescribed in Sections 24-14-20, 24-14-22 and 24-14-23 NMSA 1978 for the filing of death certificates, spontaneous fetal death reports, medical certifications of cause of death and for the obtaining of burial-transit permits in cases where compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship. B. Regulations of the department may provide for the issuance of a burial-transit permit prior to the filing of a certificate upon conditions designed to assure compliance with the purposes of the Vital Statistics Act in cases where compliance with the requirement that the certificate be filed prior to the issuance of the permit would result in undue hardship. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-44, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 22; 1973, ch. 264, § 11; 1977, ch. 253, § 32; 1981, ch. 309, § 18. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For death certificates, see 24-14-20 NMSA 1978. For spontaneous fetal death reports, see 24-14-22 NMSA 1978. For burial-transit permits, see 24-14-23 NMSA 1978. For issuance of death certificates subsequent to medical investigations, see 24-11-6 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 24-14-26 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14 - Vital Statistics|Section 24-14-26 - Reproduction of records.

To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic or other reproductions of original records and files in his office. The reproductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original record. The documents from which permanent reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided by regulation. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-46, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 24; 1981, ch. 309, § 20. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Photostatic or other method of recording instrument, 57 A.L.R. 159.
NM Stat § 24-14-27 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14 - Vital Statistics|Section 24-14-27 - Disclosure of records.

A. The state registrar or other custodian of vital records shall not permit inspection of or disclosure of information contained in vital records or copying or issuance of a copy of all or part of any record except as authorized by law. B. The department shall provide access to record level data required by the New Mexico health policy commission. The New Mexico health policy commission may only release record level data obtained from vital records in the aggregate. For the purposes of this subsection, "record level data" means one or more unique and non-aggregated data elements relating to a single identifiable individual. The department may authorize the disclosure of data contained in vital records for other research purposes. C. When one hundred years have elapsed after the date of birth or fifty years have elapsed after the date of death, the vital records of these events in the custody of the state registrar shall become open public records, and information shall be made available in accordance with regulations that provide for the continued safekeeping of the records; provided that vital records of birth shall not become open public records prior to the individual's death. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-47, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 25; 1981, ch. 309, § 21; 1994, ch. 59, § 1; 2017, ch. 87, § 29. ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective June, 16, 2017, removed the provision making it unlawful for any person to permit inspection or to disclose information contained in vital records, and prohibited the state registrar or other custodian of vital records from permitting inspection of or disclosing information contained in vital records; in Subsection A, deleted "It is unlawful for any person to" and added "The state registrar or other custodian of vital records shall not", after "inspection of or", deleted "to disclose" and added "disclosure", after "contained in vital records or", deleted "to copy" and added "copying", and after "or", deleted "issue" and added "issuance of"; and in Subsection B, after the first occurrence of "New Mexico health policy commission", deleted "and the health information system created in the Health Information System Act", and after the second occurrence of "New Mexico health policy commission", deleted "and the health information system". The 1994 amendment, effective March 4, 1994, in Subsection B, added the first three sentences and inserted "other" in the last sentence; and substituted "that provide" for "which shall provide" in Subsection C. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 Am. Jur. 2d Records and Recording Laws §§ 12 to 30. False news reports as to births, betrothals, marriages, divorces or similar marital matters as libel and slander, 9 A.L.R.3d 559. 76 C.J.S. Records § 60 et seq.
NM Stat § 24-14-29.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14 - Vital Statistics|Section 24-14-29.1 - Day-care fund created; use; appropriation.

There is created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "day-care fund". The fund shall be invested by the state treasurer as other state funds are invested. The fund shall consist of distributions of revenue collected since July 1, 1987 and future revenues collected pursuant to Section 24-14-29 NMSA 1978. All balances in the day-care fund are appropriated to the children, youth and families department for use in implementing the income-eligible day-care program under the Social Services Block Grant Act Title XX. History: Laws 1988, ch. 114, § 2; 1989, ch. 324, § 19; 1993, ch. 151, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the Social Services Block Grant Act (Title XX), see 42 U.S.C. §§ 1397 et seq. The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "children, youth and families department" for "human services department" in the last sentence.
NM Stat § 24-14-30 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14 - Vital Statistics|Section 24-14-30 - Duty to furnish information.

A. Any person having knowledge of the facts regarding any birth, death, spontaneous fetal death or induced abortion shall furnish this information upon demand to the state registrar. B. Not later than the tenth day of the month following the month of occurrence, each funeral service practitioner shall send to the state registrar a list showing all dead bodies embalmed or otherwise prepared for final disposition during the preceding month. Such list shall be made on forms prescribed by the state registrar. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-50, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 28; 1981, ch. 309, § 24.
NM Stat § 24-14-31 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14 - Vital Statistics|Section 24-14-31 - Penalties.

A. Except for violations of Section 24-14-18 NMSA 1978, any person is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978, who willfully and knowingly: (1) makes any false statement or supplies any false information in a report, record or certificate required to be filed; (2) with the intent to deceive, alters, amends, counterfeits, copies or mutilates any report, record or certificate, application or supporting documentation; (3) uses or attempts to use or furnishes to another for use for any purpose of deception any certificate, record, report or certified copy that has been altered, amended or mutilated or that contains false information in whole or in part, or that is related to the birth or death of another person, whether living or dead; or (4) neglects or violates any of the provisions of the Vital Statistics Act [Chapter 24, Article 14 NMSA 1978] or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon the person by that act. B. Any person who willfully and knowingly permits inspection of or discloses information contained in vital statistics records of adoptions or induced abortions or copies or issues a copy of all or part of any record of an adoption or induced abortion, except as authorized by law, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Sentencing Act [Chapter 31, Article 18 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-51, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 29; 1977, ch. 206, § 4; 1981, ch. 309, § 25; 1993, ch. 247, § 1; 2017, ch. 87, § 30. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For disclosure of information or records, see 24-14-27 NMSA 1978. The 2017 amendment, effective June, 16, 2017, clarified certain violations of the Vital Statistics Act; in Subsection A, Paragraph A(2), after "amends", added "counterfeits, copies", after "certificate", added "application or supporting documentation", in Paragraph A(3), after "contains false information", added "in whole or in part, or that is related to the birth or death of another person, whether living or dead", and in Paragraph A(4), after "imposed upon", deleted "him" and added "the person". The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, in Subsection A, rewrote the introductory language, made stylistic changes in Paragraph (3), and substituted "fails to perform" for "neglects" in Paragraph (4). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 66 Am. Jur. 2d Records and Recording Laws §§ 10, 11. 76 C.J.S. Records § 57 et seq.
NM Stat § 24-14A-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-1 - Short title.

Chapter 24, Article 14A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Health Information System Act". History: Laws 1989, ch. 29, § 1; 1994, ch. 59, § 2. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For confidential health records, see 24-1-20 NMSA 1978. The 1994 amendment, effective March 4, 1994, substituted "Chapter 24, Article 14A NMSA 1978" for "This act".
NM Stat § 24-14A-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-3.1 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1994, ch. 59, § 13; repealed Laws 2005, ch. 321, § 14.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2005, ch. 321, § 14 repealed 24-14A-3.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1994, ch. 59, § 13, relating to creation of advisory committee, effective June 17, 2005. For provisions of former section, see the 2004 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 24-14A-3.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-3.2 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1994, ch. 59, § 14; repealed Laws 2005, ch. 321, § 14.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2005, ch. 321, § 14 repealed 24-14A-3.2 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1994, ch. 59, § 14, relating to health information alliance, effective June 17, 2005. For provisions of former section, see the 2004 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 24-14A-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-4 - Health information system; applicability.

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 making any request for health data pursuant to the Health Information System Act, the department shall provide reasonable deadlines for compliance and shall give notice that noncompliance may subject the person to a civil penalty pursuant to Section 24-14A-10 NMSA 1978. C. To the extent possible, the health information system shall be established in a manner to facilitate the exchange of information with other databases, including those maintained by the Indian health service and various agencies of the federal government. History: Laws 1989, ch. 29, § 4; 1994, ch. 59, § 5; 2012, ch. 15, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, transferred the duty to provide deadlines for compliance and notices of noncompliance from the New Mexico health policy commission to the department of health; and in Subsection B, after "Health Information System Act, the", deleted "commission" and added "department". The 1994 amendment, effective March 4, 1994, rewrote Subsection A; substituted "commission" for "department" and "Section 24-14A-10 NMSA 1978" for "Section 10 of the Health Information System Act" in Subsection B; deleted former Subsections C to E, relating to submitting reports for periods ending December 31, 1990, June 30, 1991, and March 31, 1991; and redesignated former Subsection F as present Subsection C, and inserted "health information" before "system" therein.
NM Stat § 24-14A-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-4.1 - Annual review of data needs.

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 appropriateness. The review shall consider the cost incurred by data sources to collect and submit data. History: Laws 1994, ch. 59, § 11; 2005, ch. 321, § 13; 2012, ch. 15, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, transferred the duty to review data collection requirements from the New Mexico health policy commission to the department of health; and after "once each year, the", deleted "commission" and added "department". The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, deleted the former provision that the commission review its data collection requirements with the recommendations of the advisory committee and health information alliance.
NM Stat § 24-14A-4.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-4.2 - Investigatory powers.

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 hours of only the records and documents that pertain directly to the data in question; provided that no data source shall be required to expend more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) each year to comply with the provisions of this section. History: Laws 1994, ch. 59, § 12; 2012, ch. 15, § 5. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, transferred the authority to verify data from the New Mexico health policy commission to the department of health; in the first sentence, after "The", deleted "commission" and added "department".
NM Stat § 24-14A-4.3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-4.3 - Agency cooperation.

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, § 15; 2012, ch. 15, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, required state agencies and political subdivisions to assist the department of health, and after "assist the", deleted "commission" and added "department".
NM Stat § 24-14A-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-5 - Health information system; implementation; regulations.

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, data collection shall be through the use of a standardized billing form as required by law; C. other health data required to be submitted may include: (1) data that would customarily be collected in the ordinary course of business for the data source; (2) annual audited financial statements customarily prepared by a data source; (3) information on major capital expenditures; (4) data established by regulation to be collected to carry out the requirements of the Health Information System Act; and (5) data required to be collected by other state or federal laws; and D. annual surveys or collection of data may be used as an alternative to collection of health data from some health service providers to the extent it can be shown that the information collected will meet validity and quality standards. History: Laws 1989, ch. 29, § 5; 1994, ch. 59, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 1994 amendment, effective March 4, 1994, redesignated the subsections; deleted "health data collection" preceding "provisions" in the introductory language; deleted former Paragraph A(2) relating to obtaining data from third party payers; rewrote Subsections B and C; and deleted former Subsections B and E, relating to schedule of implementation and regulations, respectively.
NM Stat § 24-14A-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-6.1 - Web site; public access; data.

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 publishes pursuant to the Health Information System Act. The web site shall be accessible through the sunshine portal. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section. History: Laws 2015, ch. 121, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2015, ch. 121 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2015, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 24-14A-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-7 - Health information system; reports.

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 annual report of its activities, including health care system statistics, to the legislature. The report shall be submitted by November 15 each year. History: Laws 1989, ch. 29, § 7; 1994, ch. 59, § 8; 2012, ch. 15, § 8. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, transferred the duty to provide reports to the general public and the legislature from the New Mexico health policy commission to the department of health; in Subsection A, in the third sentence after "The", deleted "commission" and added "department"; and in Subsection B, in the first sentence after "The", deleted "commission" and added "department". The 1994 amendment, effective March 4, 1994, designated the formerly undesignated provisions as Subsection A, and in that subsection, substituted "that" for "which" in the first sentence, deleted "to health care providers, purchasers, employers, consumers and other interested parties" following "available" in the second sentence, and substituted "commission" for "department" in the third sentence; and added Subsection B.
NM Stat § 24-14A-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 24 - Health and Safety|Article 14A - Health Information Systems|Section 24-14A-9 - Health information system; fees.

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. Entities contributing data to the system shall be charged reduced rates. Rates shall be established by regulation and shall be reviewed annually. Fees collected pursuant to this section are appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of the Health Information System Act. History: Laws 1989, ch. 29, § 9; 1994, ch. 59, § 10; 2012, ch. 15, § 10. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, authorized the department of health to collect fees; in the first sentence after "Information System Act, the", deleted "commission" and added "department"; and in the fourth sentence, after "appropriated to the", deleted "commission" and added "department". The 1994 amendment, effective March 4, 1994, added at the beginning of the first sentence "Except for the annual reports required pursuant to the Health Information System Act," and made a related stylistic change; substituted "commission may" for "department has authority to establish and", and "a fee of up to one hundred dollars ($100) per hour" for "fees" in the first sentence; and substituted "commission" for "department" in the last sentence.