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2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 5 - Immunization
Section 24-5-8 - Reporting.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 24-5-8 (2019)
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Physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other health care providers shall report on immunization to the immunization registry unless the patient, or the patient's guardian if the patient is a minor, refuses to allow reporting of this information.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 45, § 3; 2005, ch. 45, §1; 2013, ch. 93, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, required health providers to report immunizations to the immunization registry; and after "providers", deleted "may" and added "shall".

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, permitted pharmacists to report on immunization to the immunization registry unless the patient or minor patient's guardian refuses to allow the reporting of the immunization.

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