A. A health care provider shall immediately release to a worker, that worker's employer, that employer's insurer, the appropriate peer review organization or the health care selection board all medical records, medical bills and other information concerning any health care or health care service provided to the worker, upon either party's written request to the health care provider for that information. Except for those records that are directly related to any injuries or disabilities claimed by a worker for which that worker is receiving benefits from his employer, the request shall be accompanied by a signed authorization for that request by the worker.
B. An employer or worker shall not be required to continue to pay any health care provider who refuses to comply with Subsection A of this section.
History: Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 2, § 90.
Effective dates. — Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 2, § 153 made Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 2, § 90 effective January 1, 1991.
Severability. — Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 2, § 152, provided for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof was held invalid.
Ex parte contacts properly prohibited. — The district court did not err in issuing an order prohibiting employer's workers' compensation insurer from engaging in ex parte contacts with worker's treating physician. Church's Fried Chicken No. 1040 v. Hanson, 1992-NMCA-115, 114 N.M. 730, 845 P.2d 824, cert. denied, 114 N.M. 577, 844 P.2d 827 (1993).
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