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.

The 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.