As used in the Electronic Medical Records Act:

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A. “demographic information” means information that identifies the individual who is the subject of the health care information, including the individual’s name, date of birth and address and other information necessary to identify the individual, that may be used to identify the individual or that associates the individual with the individual’s electronic medical record;

B. “disclose” means to release, transfer, provide, give access to or otherwise divulge in any other manner information outside the entity holding the information;

C. “electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities;

D. “electronic medical record” means an electronic record of an individual patient’s health care information that may contain demographic information;

E. “electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by an individual with the intent to sign the record;

F. “health care” means care, services or supplies related to the health of an individual and includes:

(1)     preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance or palliative care and counseling;

(2)     services, assessments or procedures that are concerned with the physical or mental condition or functional status of an individual or that affect the structure or function of the body of an individual; and

(3)     the sale or dispensing of a drug, a device, a piece of equipment or other item in accordance with a prescription;

G. “health care group purchaser” means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by the New Mexico Insurance Code [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 59A, except for Articles 30A and 42A] to pay for or purchase health care on behalf of an identified individual or group of individuals, regardless of whether the cost of coverage or services is paid for by the purchaser or the persons receiving coverage or services;

H. “health care information” means any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium, related to the past, present or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual;

I. “health care institution” means an institution, facility or agency licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business;

J. “health information exchange” means an arrangement among persons participating in a defined secure electronic network service, such as a regional health information organization, that allows the sharing of health care information about individual patients among different health care institutions or unaffiliated providers. The use of an electronic medical record system by a health care provider, by or within a health care institution or by an organized health care arrangement as defined by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 does not constitute a health information exchange;

K. “information” means data, including text, images, sounds and codes and computer programs, software and databases;

L. “provider” means an individual who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession;

M. “record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;

N. “record locator service” means an information service that contains demographic information and the location of health care information of a specified individual across different health care institutions or unaffiliated providers that participate in the service. The use of an electronic medical record system by a health care provider or by an organized health care arrangement as defined by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 does not constitute a record locator service; and

O. “treatment” means the provision, coordination or management of health care and related services by one or more providers, including the coordination or management of health care by a provider with a third party; consultation between providers relating to an individual; or the referral of an individual for health care from one provider to another.