New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 16 - OPTOMETRIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 16 - PRACTICE LOCATION; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS RETENTION
Section 16.16.16.11 - PATIENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.16.16.11
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Optometrists shall retain medical records they own for a period of at least five (5) years from the date of last treatment.
B. Thirty (30) days before the closing, selling, relocation or leaving of a practice an optometrist shall notify the board office and patients seen within the last five (5) years. Notices will be given pursuant to Subsection C of this section.
C. Notification shall be satisified using any of the following methods:
(1) publication of
at least one notice in a local newspaper, twice a month for a period of three
months; notice should indicate how to obtain patient records and contact
information for the individual with access to the patient records;
(2) written or electronic mail; or
(3) individual correspondence to the
patient's last known physical or electronic mailing address.
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