AN ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH; INCLUDING PHARMACISTS IN IMMUNIZATION REPORTING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ALLOWING PHARMACISTS ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION IN THE IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 24-5-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 45, Section 3) is amended to read:

     "24-5-8. REPORTING.--Physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other health care providers may 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."

     Section 2. Section 24-5-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 45, Section 4) is amended to read:

     "24-5-9. ACCESS.--Access to the information in the immunization registry shall be limited to primary care physicians, nurses, pharmacists, managed care organizations, school nurses and other appropriate health care providers or public health entities as determined by the secretary of health; provided that a managed care organization shall be entitled to access information only for its enrollees."

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