2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 2E - Prescription Drug Pricing
Section 27-2E-2 - Unlawful disclosure; penalties.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 27-2E-2 (2020)
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A. It is unlawful for an employee, former employee, contractor or former contractor of the human services department to reveal to another person, except to another employee or contractor of the department as required by the employee's or contractor's duties or responsibilities or by state or federal court order, information acquired pursuant to Section 1 [27-2E-1 NMSA 1978] of this act or any other information about a prescription drug manufacturer acquired as a result of his employment or contract by the department and not available from public sources.

B. An employee, former employee, contractor or former contractor of the human services department who reveals to another person information that he is prohibited from lawfully revealing is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, together with costs of prosecution, and shall not be employed by the state for a period of five years after the date of the conviction.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 381, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 381, § 5 made this section effective January 1, 2004.

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