2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24: Health and Safety
Article 14C: Health Care Work Force Data Collection, Analysis and Policy , 24-14C-1 through 24-14C-6
Section 24-14C-5: Health care work force data collection by boards; mandatory compliance for applicants; reporting by boards; confidentiality of data; rulemaking.


NM Stat § 24-14C-5 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis) What's This?

24-14C-5. Health care work force data collection by boards; mandatory compliance for applicants; reporting by boards; confidentiality of data; rulemaking.

A. An applicant for a license from a board or renewal of a license by a board shall provide the information prescribed by the secretary of health pursuant to Subsection C of this section. This section applies to applicants for health professional licensure or renewal of health professional licensure pursuant to Chapter 61 NMSA 1978.

B. A board shall not approve a subsequent application for a license or renewal of a license until the applicant provides the information pursuant to Subsection C of this section.

C. A board shall adopt rules regarding the manner, form and content of reporting data; the consistency of data entry fields used; and the information that an applicant, pursuant to Subsection A of this section, shall provide to a board. At a minimum, the rules shall provide for a core essential data set, including the applicant's:

(1) demographics, including race, ethnicity and primary and other languages spoken;

(2) practice status, including, but not limited to:

(a) active practices in New Mexico and other locations;

(b) practice type; and

(c) practice settings, such as hospital, clinic or other clinical settings;

(3) education, training and primary and secondary specialties;

(4) average hours worked per week and the average number of weeks worked per year in the licensed profession;

(5) percentage of practice engaged in direct patient care and in other activities, such as teaching, research and administration, in the licensed profession; and

(6) practice plans for the next five years, including retiring from the health care profession, moving out of state or changing health care work hours.

D. A board shall report health care work force information collected pursuant to this section to the secretary of health.

E. A board shall keep confidential and not release personally identifiable data collected under this section for any person licensed, registered or certified by the board. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the release of information to a law enforcement agency for investigative purposes or to the release to the secretary of health for state health planning purposes. A person with whom the department contracts to perform data collection, storage and analysis shall protect the privacy of that data. The secretary of health shall ensure that the responses of applicants shall be kept confidential, including taking special precautions when the identity of an applicant may be ascertained due to the applicant's location or occupation.

F. A board shall promulgate rules as necessary to perform the board's duties pursuant to this section, including rules for collecting, storing and analyzing data in addition to the information required to be collected by the Health Care Work Force Data Collection, Analysis and Policy Act.

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