This act [41-9-1 to 41-9-7 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Review Organization Immunity Act”. History: Laws 1979, ch. 169, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Act’s qualified immunity replaces common law absolute immunity. — This act abolishes any common-law absolute immunity available to review organization participants prior to its enactment, establishing instead a qualified immunity. Leyba […]
As used in the Review Organization Immunity Act: A. “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or other entity; B. “health care provider” means any person licensed by the state or permitted by law to provide health care services; C. “health care services” means services rendered by a health care provider of the type the […]
No person providing information to a review organization shall be subject to any action for damages or other relief by reason of having furnished such information, unless such information is false and the person providing such information knew or had reason to believe such information was false. History: Laws 1979, ch. 169, § 3. ANNOTATIONS […]
No person who is a member or employee of, who acts in an advisory capacity to or who furnishes counsel or services to a review organization shall be liable for damages or other relief in any action brought by a person or persons whose activities have been or are being scrutinized or reviewed by a […]
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, all data and information acquired by a review organization in the exercise of its duties and functions shall be held in confidence and shall not be disclosed to anyone except to the extent necessary to carry out one or more of the purposes of the […]
Any disclosure other than that authorized by the Review Organization Immunity Act of data and information acquired by a review organization or of what transpired at a review organization meeting is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not to exceed six months or by a fine of not more […]
Nothing contained in the Review Organization Immunity Act shall be construed to relieve any person of any liability which the person has incurred or may incur to a patient as a result of furnishing health care services to such patient. History: Laws 1979, ch. 169, § 7. ANNOTATIONS Severability. — Laws 1979, ch. 169, § […]
