New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 4 - CHIROPRACTIC PRACTITIONERS
Part 14 - MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL RECORDS
Section 16.4.14.9 - CLOSING, SELLING, RELOCATING OR LEAVING A PRACTICE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Due care should be taken when closing or departing from a practice to ensure a smooth transition from the current chiropractic physician to the new treating physician. This should occur with a minimum of disruption in the continuity and quality of medical care being provided to the patient. Whenever possible, notification of patients is the responsibility of the current treating physician.
A. Whenever possible, active patients and patients seen within the previous three years must be notified at least 30 days before closing, selling, relocating or leaving a practice.
B. Whenever possible, patients should be notified within at least 30 days after the death of their chiropractic physician.
C. Notification shall be through a notice in newspaper in the local practice area, and should include responsible entity/agent name of contact to obtain records or request transfer of records, telephone number and mailing address. To reach a maximum number of patients, the notification must run a minimum of two times per month for three months. In addition to a notice in the newspaper, notification may also be through an individual letter to the patient's last known address. Notification shall also be sent to the board.
D. A chiropractic physician or chiropractic physician group should not withhold patient lists or other information from a departing chiropractic physician that is necessary for notification of patients.
E. Patients of a chiropractic physician who leaves a group practice must be notified the chiropractic physician is leaving, notified of the chiropractic physician's new address and offered the opportunity to have their medical records transferred to the departing chiropractic physician at his new practice.
F. When a practice is sold, all active patients must be notified that the chiropractic physician is transferring the practice to another chiropractic physician or entity who will retain custody of their records and that at their written request the records (or copies) will be sent to another physician or entity of their choice.
