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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 3 - STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE › Part 2 - POLICIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR › Section 7.3.2.11 - INVESTIGATION - SCENE OF DEATH

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A.
				Citations and Regulations:
(1)
										12-2-4
				NMSA 1978:
(a) For medical, legal and
				statutory purposes, death of a human being occurs when, and "death," "dead
				body," "dead person" or any other reference to human death means that:
(i) based on ordinary standards of medical
				practice, there is the absence of spontaneous respiratory and cardiac function
				and, because of the disease or condition which caused, directly or indirectly,
				these functions to cease, or because of the passage of time since these
				functions ceased, there is no reasonable possibility of restoring respiratory
				or cardiac functions; in this event, death occurs at the time respiratory or
				cardiac functions ceased; or
(ii)
				in the opinion of a physician, based on ordinary standards of medical practice:
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 3 - STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE › Part 2 - POLICIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR › Section 7.3.2.14 - RECORDS

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A. Citations and
				Regulations:
(1)
										24-11-6
				NMSA 1978 B: In those cases where the death resulted from a motor vehicle
				accident on a public highway, and the state, district or deputy medical
				investigator performs or causes to be performed a test or tests to determine
				the alcoholic content of the deceased's blood, a copy of the report of this
				test shall be sent to the planning division of the state highway department for
				the department's use only for statistical purposes. The copy of the report sent
				to the planning division of the state highway department of the results shall
				not contain any identification of the deceased and shall not be subject to
				judicial process.
(2)
										24-11-8
				NMSA 1978 - The state or district medical investigator shall promptly report
				his findings, or the findings of a deputy medical investigator that has
				performed an investigation under his direction, to the district attorney in
				each death investigated. Upon request of the district attorney, the state or
				district medical investigator shall send a complete record of the medical
				investigation in any case, including a transcript of the testimony of witnesses
				examined at any inquest.
(3)
				Memorandum: "Records of the office of the medical investigator" legal opinion,
				university of New Mexico legal counsel, September 1983: Public records:
				Internal correspondence is protected by executive privilege; Records from other
				agencies are exempt.
(4) COMPLIANCE
				GUIDE - The Inspection of Public Records Act, Sections
				14-2-1,
				to
				14-2-3, NMSA
				1978, state of New Mexico, office of the attorney general, September 30,
				1980.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 3 - STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE › Part 2 - POLICIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR › Section 7.3.2.16 - TRANSPORTATION

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A. Citations and
				regulations:
(1)
										24-11-5
				NMSA 1978: When any person comes to a sudden, violent or untimely death or is
				found dead and the cause of death is unknown . . . . the state or district
				medical investigator, or a deputy medical investigator under his direction,
				shall, without delay, view and take legal custody of the body.
(2) Regulation - state corporation commission
				of New Mexico, New Mexico ambulance tariff no. 3-B, June 8, 1972. Containing
				rates, rules, regulations and charges governing the transportation of persons
				alive or dead or dying en route by means of ambulance service in the state of
				New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 3 - STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE › Part 2 - POLICIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR › Section 7.3.2.19 - FEES: POLICY

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A. Fees are
				charged by the medical investigator for reports and services. A current list of
				such fees is available from the central office.
B. Fees are paid by the medical investigator
				for services provided by field personnel and common carriers. Fees will only be
				paid upon receipt of an itemized bill for those services. A current list of
				such fees is available from the central office.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 3 - STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE › Part 2 - POLICIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR › Section 7.3.2.21 - CENTRAL OFFICE: POLICY

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Established by authority of the board of medical
				  investigators, the central office of the state medical investigator:
A. receives all reports of death reported to
				any deputy medical investigator in the state;
B. receives all bodies for autopsy except
				those designated by the central office to remain within the jurisdiction of
				death for autopsy by a designated pathologist;
C. receives all toxicology specimens removed
				from a body by a deputy medical investigator;
D. receives and is the sole possessor of film
				and subsequent slides and photographs taken of a body or surrounding death
				scene by any representative of the OMI;
E. is responsible for all payments for
				services rendered by any representative of the OMI or their service provider,
				upon receipt of the itemized bill described under "FEES", SECTION L [now
				7.3.2.19 NMAC];
F. receives all
				payments for services or reports and maintains all fiscal records pertaining to
				same;
G. generates all final
				reports;
H. enters all pertinent
				data into the central facility computer data base;
I. is responsible for all information
				disseminated to the media unless directed otherwise;
J. maintains final authority over the
				disposition of a dead body and the processing of that body in all cases where
				jurisdiction is assumed;
K. assumes
				responsibility for all hiring and termination of deputy medical investigators,
				district medical investigators, and designated pathologists;
L. develops, maintains and distributes to the
				deputy medical investigators a list of authorized transportation providers and
				mortuary services within each jurisdiction;
M. is responsible for all body storage
				required in the processing of any case, for all unidentified remains, and for
				unclaimed remains under OMI jurisdiction;
N. directs deputy medical investigator
				personnel to districts other than their own for assignment when
				required;
O. provides all training
				for deputy medical investigators;
P. allocates supplies for field deputy
				medical investigators.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.2 - SCOPE

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Together with a network of mandatory and discretionary
				  municipal and county ordinances prescribed at Section 5 and 7, to provide for
				  the control of animals by mandatory rabies vaccination of dogs and cats,
				  confinement of rabies suspect animals, laboratory rabies testing, rabies
				  quarantine, confinement or destruction of animals exposed to rabies,
				  confinement or destruction of vicious dogs, confinement or destruction of
				  animals with symptoms of rabies, control of animals running at large,
				  regulations of the possession of skunks, licensure of dogs and providing for
				  regulations of the animal control officers and impounding
				  facilities.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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These regulations are promulgated by the secretary of the
				  department of health pursuant to sections
				  77-1-3
				  and 9-7-6(E) NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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October 31, 1996, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.6 - OBJECTIVE

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To protect humans and animals from rabies by vaccination of
				  dogs and cats and the confinement, destruction and testing of rabies suspect
				  animals. To protect humans and livestock from dog bites by controlling animals
				  running at large and by providing for the licensure of dogs, impoundment of
				  animals and confinement or destruction of vicious dogs.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.8 - VACCINATION OF DOGS AND CATS REQUIRED

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A. Dogs and cats over the age of three months
				shall be vaccinated against rabies. The animal shall receive a booster within
				the 12-month interval following the initial vaccination. Every domestic dog and
				cat shall be revaccinated against rabies within 12 months if a 1-year vaccine
				is administered or within 36 months if a 3-year vaccine is administered with a
				rabies vaccine licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture and
				administered according to label recommendations. The "compendium of animal
				rabies control (CARC)," published by the national association of public health
				veterinarians, Inc., shall be the reference for the route of inoculation and
				the type of vaccine. Copies are available upon request from the
				department.
B. Rabies vaccine shall
				not be distributed except to a veterinarian.
C. The veterinarian who administers rabies
				vaccine to a dog or cat shall issue to the owner a serially numbered
				vaccination certificate containing the name of the veterinarian, the type of
				vaccine used, the initials of the producer of the vaccine, the name and address
				of the owner, a description of the dog or cat vaccinated, the date of
				vaccination, and the expiration date for the period of immunity. The
				veterinarian shall also furnish the owner with a tag bearing the certificate
				number and the year of the vaccination. The tag shall be affixed to the
				vaccinated dog or cat and shall be worn at all times the animal is not on the
				premises of the owner or otherwise confined. A combination rabies vaccination
				certificate and city/county license shall be permitted providing the
				certificate/license contains at least the above required information.
D. Approved rabies vaccine shall be
				administered to the species, by the route and in the amount recommended by the
				producer of the vaccine and the latest CARC.
E. Nothing herein shall prohibit the
				acceptance and recognition for purpose of compliance with this section of the
				administration of an approved rabies vaccine by a veterinarian licensed in
				another state.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.9 - HUMAN EXPOSURE; ANIMALS WITH SYMPTOMS OF RABIES

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A. When any person is bitten by an animal, it
				is the duty of such person or his parent or guardian, or any person having
				knowledge of the whereabouts of the animal, to immediately notify the animal
				control officer or the field office of the public health division.
B. Any dog, cat or ferret which bites or
				otherwise exposes a person to rabies shall be either destroyed and the head
				sent to the laboratory for rabies testing or confined immediately at the
				owner's expense at a place and in a manner designated by the animal control
				officer and approved by the field health office. If the dog, cat or ferret
				shows signs or symptoms of rabies during the ten (10) day confinement and
				observation period, it shall be destroyed and the head sent to the laboratory
				for rabies testing.
C. Any skunk,
				bat, raccoon, coyote, bobcat or other wild animal not born or reared in
				captivity, with the exception of rodents (order rodentia) or rabbits (order
				lagomorpha), which bites or otherwise exposes a person to rabies shall be
				destroyed immediately and the head sent to the laboratory for testing. Rabbits
				and rodents do not normally transmit rabies.
D. Except for rodents and rabbits, the head
				of a susceptible animal suspected of having rabies, which bites or otherwise
				exposes a person to rabies and either dies or is destroyed within ten (10) days
				following the exposure shall be immediately sent to the laboratory for rabies
				testing. Rodent and rabbit specimens may be submitted with the consent of the
				state epidemiologist of the division of epidemiology, evaluation and planning
				division. A rabies submission form and instructions for shipping are available
				upon request from the scientific laboratory division, department of
				health.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.10 - RABIES QUARANTINE AREA

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Any district health officer may declare a quarantine against
				  rabies within the health district or any part thereof when rabies has been
				  determined to exist to the extent that it is a danger to public health. Upon
				  written findings of such danger and approval of the division director of the
				  public health division, all animals designated in the quarantine order and
				  living within the area specified in the order shall be confined as directed by
				  the district health officer. Any reasonable effort to apprehend any dog or cat
				  running at large and uncontrolled by its owner during a period of quarantine,
				  any animal control officer or peace officer may destroy the dog or cat and
				  properly dispose of the body. The district health officer may order other
				  measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of rabies. A quarantine
				  shall not be removed except by order of the district health
				  officer.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.11 - ANIMALS EXPOSED TO RABIES

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When circumstances indicate an animal has been bitten by a
				  known rabid animal, the following procedures shall apply:
A. Dogs, cats or ferrets bitten by a known
				rabid animal should be destroyed immediately. If the owner is unwilling to have
				this done, the animal should be vaccinated and quarantined according to the
				recommendations of the latest edition of the "compendium of animal rabies
				control (CARC)," published by thenational association of public health
				veterinarians, Inc., at the owner's expense in a manner directed by the animal
				control officer and approved by the district health officer.
B. Domestic livestock known to have been
				bitten by a rabid animal shall be destroyed immediately. If the owner is
				unwilling to have this done, the animal should be vaccinated and quarantined
				according to the recommendations of the latest edition of the "compendium of
				animal rabies control(CARC)," published by the national association of public
				health veterinarians, Inc., in a manner approved by the district health
				officer. The exposed animal may be killed and its tissues eaten if the animal
				is slaughtered within seven (7) days after being bitten. Persons who slaughter
				an exposed domestic animal shall wear gloves. No animal tissue shall be
				retained for consumption from areas proximate to the bite. Neither tissues nor
				milk from a rabid animal should be used for human or animal
				consumption.
C. Other animals
				susceptible to rabies known to have been bitten by a rabid animal shall be
				destroyed immediately as directed by the district health officer.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.12 - POSSESSION OF SKUNKS

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Due to the presence of rabies in skunks and the hazard to the
				  public health of rabies developing in skunks kept as pets, no person shall
				  import into the state, nor capture with intent to keep as a pet, nor buy, sell,
				  trade nor possess any skunk except in connection with a recognized zoological
				  park or research institution or by permit from the department. Permits may be
				  approved only for skunks born in captivity. Application for permit shall be
				  made on a form provided by the division.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.13 - VICIOUS ANIMALS

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It is unlawful for any owner to fail to confine a vicious
				  animal except:
A. an animal confined
				within an enclosed automobile, truck or other vehicle not being used as a
				public conveyance;
B. an animal in
				shipment on a public conveyance and properly confined in a shipping container
				conspicuously labeled "vicious animal" and constructed in such a manner as to
				prevent the animal from biting or attacking humans or other animals;
C. a vicious dog muzzled and on a leash of
				sufficient strength to keep such animal under control and held by a person
				capable of controlling the animal;
D. Any vicious animal not controlled as
				required herein shall be destroyed. If the vicious animal has bitten a person
				or animal within ten days prior to its destruction, the head shall be sent to
				the laboratory for rabies testing.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.14 - ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE

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Municipal or county animal control ordinances shall provide
				  for the seizure and disposition of dogs and cats that have bitten a person,
				  vicious dogs and dogs molesting livestock, and may provide for the seizure and
				  disposition of stray animals.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.15 - DOG LICENSE

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A. Each
				county and municipality may provide by ordinance for the licensure of all dogs
				and cats over the age of three months.
B. Such ordinance shall require a serially
				numbered certificate and tag for each licensed animal. The certificate shall
				contain the name and address of the owner of the animal, a description of the
				animal, proof of rabies vaccination and the expiration date of the
				license.
C. A combination rabies
				certificate and city or county license shall be permitted.
D. License fees shall be set by the
				ordinance. All license fees collected shall be remitted or reported to the
				treasurer of the county or municipality and shall be used for animal control.
				No fee for licensure of dogs trained to assist the blind or deaf shall be
				charged.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.16 - IMPOUNDING OF ANIMALS

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Every municipality and each county shall provide for the
				  impoundment of animals as follows.
A.
				Impoundment facilities shall be provided for the confinement of all unowned
				animals susceptible to rabies which have bitten a person. The animal shall be
				either destroyed or confined for a period of ten (10) days and if the animal
				dies or is destroyed during the confinement period, the head shall be sent to
				the laboratory for rabies testing.
B. Impoundment facilities should be provided
				for the confinement of animals running at large, vicious animals and animals
				attacking livestock.
C. Impoundment
				facilities may be provided for by contract with a veterinary hospital, a
				kennel, an animal shelter or in cooperation with other municipalities or
				counties.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.4.2.17 - ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS

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A.
				Every municipality and each county shall designate a part-time or full-time
				animal control officer who shall be deputized to enforce animal control laws,
				orders, ordinances and regulations.
B. The animal control officer shall prevent
				and control the spread of rabies within the municipality or county including
				but not limed to the capture and confinement or disposition of rabies suspect
				animals, the enforcement of quarantine orders, the destruction or confinement
				of animals exposed to rabies and the enforcement of pet skunk
				regulations.
C. Animal control
				officers should be provided with proper training to apprehend, handle and care
				for animals.
D. In carrying out the
				provisions of these regulations every deputized animal control officer is
				authorized to pursue a straying animal or a vicious dog or a dog molesting
				livestock or any animal with symptoms of rabies onto private premises unless
				permission to make such pursuit is explicitly refused by the
				occupant.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.2 - SCOPE

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All physicians, laboratories, health care professionals, and
				  other persons having knowledge of diseases or conditions covered by these
				  regulations.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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These provisions set forth herein are promulgated by the
				  secretary of the department of health by authority of NMSA 1978 Section
				  9-7-6(E) and in conformity with the Public Health Act, particularly NMSA 1978
				  Sections
				  24-1-3
				  C,
				  24-1-7,
				  and
				  24-1-15
				  and pursuant to the Hospital-Acquired Infection Act, NMSA 1978, Sections
				  24-29-1
				  through
				  24-29-6.
				  Administration and enforcement of these rules are the responsibility of the
				  epidemiology and response division of the department of
				  health.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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April 30, 2009, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The essential objective of these rules is the control of
				  disease and conditions of public health significance through the prompt
				  identification of disease, notification of responsible health authorities, and
				  institution of preventive and ameliorative measures.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.8 - NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS

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A.
				Declaration of notifiable conditions: The division shall periodically issue a
				list of notifiable conditions according to reporting category designated as
				7.4.3.13 NMAC. The list shall be reviewed on a regular basis and revised as
				necessary. Diseases shown in 7.4.3.13 NMAC are declared notifiable conditions
				as of the effective date.
B.
				Official listing: The list of notifiable conditions shall be issued in a quick
				reference format and shall show that it is the current official list and shall
				specify its effective date. The division shall routinely supply the current
				official list to health care professionals and health facilities and to other
				persons or entities on request.
C.
				Reporting of notifiable conditions: Reporting will be by means of the
				following:
(1) the division's 24-hour
				telephone number as listed in the report, "
New Mexico
				epidemiology
," the division's newsletter or by direct telephone
				contact with the regional or local public health office;
(2) the division's toll-free telephone
				receiving and recording system telephone number listed in the report
				"
New Mexico epidemiology
";
(3) for specified conditions, reporting to
				the address/phone number published on the printed form of the "list of
				notifiable conditions";
(4) written
				report to the division; or
(5)
				electronic transmission, which includes facsimile and computer data
				transfers.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.9 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE

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A. Responsibility
				for protection of public health: The department of health may take such
				measures as are deemed necessary and proper for the protection of the public
				health.
B. Coordination among
				agencies: The department of health shall coordinate the efforts of other
				concerned or interested federal, state and local agencies and shall cooperate
				with local health care professionals and health care facilities.
C. Imposition of isolation or quarantine: The
				department of health may establish or require isolation or quarantine of any
				animal, person, institution, community or region.
D. Case incidence in schools or health
				facilities: Where any case of communicable disease occurs or is likely to occur
				in a public, private, or parochial school, child care facility, or in a health
				care facility, the department of health may require the school or facility to:
(1) exclude infected persons and non-immune
				persons, whether students, patients, employees or other persons;
(2) close and discontinue operations if there
				is likelihood of an epidemic.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.10 - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT REPORTING

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A. Reporting requirements: Hospitals shall
				report all emergency department visits electronically to the department of
				health in such a format, with such data elements and in accordance with such
				standards of quality, timeliness and completeness as established by the
				department of health.
B.
				Confidentiality: All emergency department visit reports are confidential.
				Disclosure to any person of report information, except for disclosure of a
				notifiable condition for the purpose of prevention or control of diseases and
				other health conditions, is prohibited unless disclosure is required by
				law.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.11 - HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION REPORTING

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Acute care hospitals only will submit data to the New Mexico
				  department of health using the centers for disease control and prevention
				  national healthcare safety network (NHSN) and confer rights to access the data
				  to the New Mexico department of health for central line-associated bloodstream
				  infections and clostridium difficile infections. All carbapenem-resistant
				  enterobacteriaceae and carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas aeroginosa cases,
				  including non-healthcare-associated, will be reported to the New Mexico
				  department of health.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.12 - REPEALER

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These requirements repeal and replace all previous rules,
				  particularly rules governing the control of communicable disease of November
				  11, 1952, rules governing the reporting of notifiable disease of June 29, 1974
				  and rules governing the control of disease and conditions of public health
				  significance of 1980.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 3 - CONTROL OF DISEASE AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE › Section 7.4.3.13 - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OR CONDITIONS IN NEW MEXICO

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A. All reports including electronic
				laboratory reports of notifiable conditions, must include:
(1) the disease or condition being
				reported;
(2) patient's name, date
				of birth/age, gender, race/ ethnicity, address, patient telephone numbers, and
				occupation;
(3) physician or
				licensed healthcare professional name and telephone number; and
(4) healthcare facility or laboratory name
				and telephone number, if applicable.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Division,
				  Family Health Bureau
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.2 - SCOPE

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These regulations shall apply to the operations of the New
				  Mexico maternal mortality review team, fetal and infant mortality review team,
				  child fatality review team
and any other team which is deemed necessary
				  by the department
and their policies and procedures, confidentiality
				  provisions, management of records, dissemination of findings and
				  recommendations; and to the public and private entities from whom data,
				  information or records are requested for the purpose of mortality or fatality
				  review.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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A. The
				regulation set forth herein is promulgated by the secretary of the department
				of health by authority of the Department of Health Act, Section
				9-7-6.E.
				NMSA 1978 and the Public Health Act, Section
				24-1-3
				NMSA 1978, specifically Section
				24-1-3.
				C. NMSA 1978, which states:
"The department has authority to:
				investigate, control and abate the causes of disease, especially epidemics,
				sources of mortality and other conditions of public health;
and
				Section
				24-1-3.
				F. NMSA 1978, which states:
"The department has authority to: establish
				programs and adopt regulations to prevent infant mortality, birth defects and
				morbidity;
and Section
				24-1-3.
				H. NMSA 1978, which states:
"The department has authority to: provide
				educational programs and disseminate information on public health."
The administration and enforcement of these regulations is the responsibility
				of the public health division of the department.
B. Related statutes and regulations: New
				Mexico law provides for other statutes and regulations that support or limit
				the statutory authority of the department to regulate the review of maternal,
				fetal, infant or child deaths.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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January 1, 1998, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section or paragraph.
Compiler's note: The words or paragraph, above, are no
					 longer applicable. Later dates are now cited only at the end of sections, in
					 the history notes appearing in
					 brackets.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The purpose of the retrospective case review of death in the
				  maternal, fetal, infant and child population in New Mexico by a
				  multidisciplinary team of experts is to reduce future rates of such deaths by
				  identification of prevention factors, risk reduction factors and/or systems
				  failure factors and the dissemination of such information to policy makers,
				  providers, communities and to the public.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.8 - PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

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MMR, FIMR, and CFR are administered by the public health
				  division in the department in collaboration with the OMI of UNM. MMR, FIMR and
				  CFR are coordinated by the MCH death review coordinator in the office of MCH
				  epidemiology.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.9 - EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT BOARD

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An executive oversight board will comprise department
				  representatives designated by the secretary including but not limited to the
				  office of the DOH chief medical officer, office of general counsel, offices of
				  the PHD director, VRHS/NM, family health, MCH epidemiology; and a designated
				  representative of OMI, ACOG and CYFD.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.11 - CASE IDENTIFICATION

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Deaths of New Mexico residents which are registered with
				  VRHS/NM will serve as the denominator or source file for MMR, FIMR and CFR.
				  Deaths of non-residents which have occurred in New Mexico may not always be
				  included.
A. MMR case identification:
				Deaths that meet criteria for maternal mortality review will be reported by OMI
				to the department designee on a monthly basis. At the closing of the VRHS/NM
				file for a calendar year, all deaths meeting criteria for MMR including a
				linked birth, death and fetal death file, will be reported by VRHS/NM to the
				department designee.
B. FIMR case
				identification: Deaths that meet criteria for fetal or infant mortality review
				will be reported by VRHS/NM to the department designee on a monthly basis. At
				the closing of the VRHS/NM file for a calendar year, all deaths meeting
				criteria for FIMR will be reported by VRHS/NM to the department
				designee.
C. CFR case
				identification: Deaths that meet criteria for child fatality review will be
				reported by OMI to the department designee on a monthly basis. At the closing
				of the VRHS/NM file for a calendar year, all deaths meeting criteria for child
				fatality review will be reported by VRHS/NM to the department designee for MCH
				death review.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.12 - DATA COLLECTION

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The department designee shall receive case identifiers from
				  OMI and VRHS/NM and shall prepare the file for review by ascertaining what
				  supplementary records are needed for a comprehensive case review. Case data and
				  information are then requested from the relevant sources.
A. Non-federal sources: Relevant sources for
				FIMR, MMR, CFR review include but are not limited to: OMI records; providers of
				medical, health, nutrition and mental heath care; emergency department records;
				emergency transport records; hospital records; records of applicable law
				enforcement agencies; other public safety service records such as those
				maintained by fire departments; records of providers of social work care
				including child protective services; day care records; school-based records;
				motor vehicle crash reports.
B.
				Federal sources: Deaths meeting criteria for MMR, FIMR and CFR which have
				occurred on military reserves or Indian reservations will require collection of
				case information from relevant federal agencies including but not limited to
				the federal bureau of investigation (FBI); the bureau of Indian affairs (BIA),
				the Indian health service (IHS), military and tribal police, and military and
				tribal social services.
C. Forms: A
				standard form to request information of private or public entities shall be
				used and which states the authority of the department with the signature of the
				chief medical officer of the department. The form shall be prepared, signed and
				dated by the department designee or the coordinator.
D. Collection of information by interview:
				Case review may include interviews with the decedent's family, care providers,
				and other relevant persons. These interviews will be conducted only with the
				informed consent of the interviewee.
E. Partial collection of information: In
				death review data collection where case information is sequestered, privileged,
				or confidential, the department will request information as required on the
				data form from appropriate agencies. Such deaths may be deferred for review
				until such time as the case file may be available for review.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.14 - SECURITY OF RECORDS

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A.
				Statistical information: Information from forms completed by any of the teams
				or its special panels will be entered without personal identifiers into a data
				base dedicated solely to MMR, FIMR and CFR, and will be accessed only by the
				team coordinator, the department designee for MCH death review, and the
				individual who is responsible for data base management and data entry. Personal
				identifiers include first, middle, and last name, and the street address of
				decedent or other persons, including providers.
B. Administrative information: The review
				forms with personal identifiers will be kept in a secure, locked location which
				can be accessed only by the department designee for MCH death review, the
				coordinator, and the individual responsible for data base management and
				entry.
C. Management of case
				documentation during review session: Team members are prohibited from leaving
				case reviews with any identifiable written review information that is related
				to cases under review, those cases which have been reviewed, and those cases
				which will be reviewed. All materials held by anyone other than the coordinator
				of the review team, the department designee for MCH death review, an OMI
				representative, or the designee of any of the aforementioned individuals will
				be collected and destroyed by the presiding chair of the team reviewing the
				case.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.15 - DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

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Non-identified, aggregate data and descriptive risk
				  information will be disseminated by the MMR, FIMR or CFR team in annual
				  reports, epidemiological bulletins to providers, informational releases to the
				  public regarding preventable risk, and special reports to the New Mexico
				  legislature and other appropriate groups.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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Department of Health, Public Health Division, Bureau of
				  Infectious Diseases.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.2 - SCOPE

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These regulations govern the operation of harm reduction
				  programs for the purpose of reducing overdose mortality and other negative
				  health consequences associated with substance use.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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The statutory authority for adopting these rules is found in
				  Subsection E of Section
				  9-7-6
				  NMSA 1978, The Harm Reduction Act, Section
				  24-2C-1 to
				  24-2C-6
				  NMSA 1978, the Public Health Act, Section
				  24-1-3
				  NMSA 1978, and Section
				  30-31-25.1
				  NMSA 1978 of the Controlled Substances Act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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November 29, 2022, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
Compiler's note: The words or paragraph, above, are no
					 longer applicable. Later dates are now cited only at the end of sections, in
					 the history notes appearing in brackets.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.6 - OBJECTIVE

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These Regulations implement the requirements of the Harm
				  Reduction Act to establish and regulate the harm reduction program for the
				  purpose of reducing overdose mortality and other negative health consequences
				  of substance use, including preventing the transmission of infectious diseases
				  and encouraging drug users to seek treatment.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.7 - DEFINITIONS

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as used in these regulations:
A.
"Blood borne pathogens"
means
				the hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), the human
				immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any other blood borne disease.
B.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico Department of Health.
C.
"Harm Reduction Act"
means Section
				24-2C-1 to
				24-2C-6,
				NMSA 1978.
D.
"Harm Reduction
				ID Code"
means a unique alpha-numeric code assigned to a participant
				through the process determined by the harm reduction program, this code shall
				not bear the participant's full name.
E.
"Harm Reduction Participant
				Card"
means a card issued to a participant by the department of health
				or HRPs which verify the participant is enrolled in the harm reduction program,
				this card shall contain the Harm Reduction ID Code and an expiration
				date.
F.
"Harm Reduction
				Provider (HRP)"
means a public health office, community agency, service
				provider, individual, or other location which has applied and been accepted by
				the New Mexico department of health to provide harm reduction activities in
				accordance with the requirements of the Harm Reduction Act, these regulations
				and department of health protocols and guidelines.
G.
"Harm Reduction Specialist"
means an employee or volunteer of an HRP who has completed the department
				approved harm reduction certification curriculum.
H.
"Hepatitis and Harm Reduction
				Program"
means the team of staff members within the department public
				health division who have the primary responsibility to regulate and implement
				the provisions of the Harm Reduction Act, these regulations, and related
				department protocols and guidelines.
I.
"Participant"
means anyone
				enrolled for services at any Harm Reduction Provider and may receive supplies,
				devices or any other service provided by the Harm Reduction Provider.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.8 - GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE HRP APPLICATION APPROVAL AND REVOCATION PROCESSES

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A. Any
				entity, other than HRPs already designated herein, seeking to become a HRP must
				submit an application to the hepatitis and harm reduction program. The
				application must include, at a minimum:
(1)
				name of the entity;
(2) primary
				contact information, including: name, telephone number and email
				address;
(3) mailing
				address;
(4) definition of the
				geographic area to be served;
(5) a
				statement confirming that if approved, the entity will participate in training
				and evaluation activities as required by the harm reduction program;
(6) relevant experience in providing disease
				prevention services, health care services, social services or substance use
				treatment services to individuals injecting substances; and
(7) any other information required by the
				harm reduction program.