2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 24 - Health and Safety › Article 21 - Genetic Information Privacy › Section 24-21-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Genetic Information Privacy Act:
A. "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid, including mitochondrial DNA, complementary DNA and DNA derived from ribonucleic acid;
B. "gene products" means gene fragments, ribonucleic acids or proteins derived from DNA that would be a reflection of or indicate DNA sequence information;
C. "genetic analysis" means a test of an individual's DNA, gene products or chromosomes that indicates a propensity for or susceptibility to illness, disease, impairment or other disorders, whether physical or mental; that demonstrates genetic or chromosomal damage due to environmental factors; or that indicates carrier status for disease or disorder; excluded, however, are routine physical measurements, chemical, blood and urine analysis, tests for drugs, tests for the presence of HIV virus and any other tests or analyses commonly accepted in clinical practice at the time ordered;
D. "genetic information" means information about the genetic makeup of an individual or members of an individual's family, including information resulting from genetic testing, genetic analysis, DNA composition, participation in genetic research or use of genetic services;
E. "genetic propensity" means the presence in an individual or members of an individual's family of real or perceived variations in DNA or other genetic material from that of the normal genome that do not represent the outward physical or medical signs of a genetic disease at the time of consideration;
F. "genetic testing" means a test of an individual's DNA, ribonucleic acid, chromosomes or proteins, including carrier status, that are linked with physical or mental disorders, impairments or genetic characteristics or that indicate that an individual may be predisposed to an illness, disease, impairment or other disorder;
G. "insurer" means an insurance company, insurance service or insurance organization that is licensed to engage in the business of insurance in the state and that is subject to state law that regulates insurance within the meaning of Paragraph (2) of Subsection (b) of Section 514 of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. "Insurer" does not include an insurance company that is licensed under the Prepaid Dental Plan Law [Chapter 59A, Article 48 NMSA 1978] or a company that is solely engaged in the sale of dental insurance and is not licensed under the Prepaid Dental Plan Law, but under another provision of the New Mexico Insurance Code [Chapter 59A NMSA 1978 except Articles 30A and 42A]; and
H. "laboratory" means a facility accredited pursuant to the federal clinical laboratory improvement amendments for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings and includes procedures to determine, measure or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body.
History:
Laws 1998, ch. 77, § 2; 2005, ch. 204, § 1; 2015, ch. 156, § 2.
ANNOTATIONS
Cross references.
— For Section 514(b)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
see
29 U.S.C. § 1144(b)(2).
The 2015 amendment,
effective June 19, 2015, added the definition of "laboratory" as used in the Genetic Information Privacy Act; in Subsection C, after "a test of" deleted "a person's" and added "an individual's"; in Subsection D, after "genetic makeup of", deleted "a person" and added "an individual", and after "or member's", deleted "a person's" and added "an individual's"; in Subsection E, after "the presence in", deleted "a person" and added "an individual", after "or members of", deleted "a person's" and added "an individual's"; and added new Subsection H.
The 2005 amendment,
effective July 1, 2005, added the definition of "genetic testing" in Subsection F to mean a test of DNA, ribonucleic acid, chromosomes or proteins.