{"data":{"id":"us-nm/41-9-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"41-9-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Review Organization Immunity Act:\nA. \"person\" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or other entity;\nB. \"health care provider\" means any person licensed by the state or permitted by law to provide health care services;\nC. \"health care services\" means services rendered by a health care provider of the type the health care provider is licensed or permitted to provide;\nD. \"staff\" means the members of the governing board, officers and employees of a health care provider which is not an individual; and\nE. \"review organization\" means an organization whose membership is limited to health care providers and staff, except where otherwise provided for by state or federal law, and which is established by a health care provider which is a hospital, by one or more state or local associations of health care providers, by a nonprofit health care plan, by a health maintenance organization, by an emergency medical services system or provider as defined in the Emergency Medical Services Act [24-10B-1 to 24-10B-11 NMSA 1978], or by a professional standards review organization established pursuant to 42 U.S.C., Section 1320c-1 et seq. to gather and review information relating to the care and treatment of patients for the purposes of:\n(1) evaluating and improving the quality of health care services rendered in the area or by a health care provider;\n(2) reducing morbidity or mortality;\n(3) obtaining and disseminating statistics and information relative to the treatment and prevention of diseases, illnesses and injuries;\n(4) developing and publishing guidelines showing the norms of health care services in the area or by health care providers;\n(5) developing and publishing guidelines designed to keep within reasonable bounds the cost of health care services;\n(6) reviewing the nature, quality or cost of health care services provided to enrollees of health maintenance organizations and nonprofit health care plans;\n(7) acting as a professional standards review organization pursuant to 42 U.S.C., Section 1320c-1, et seq.; or\n(8) determining whether a health care provider shall be granted authority to provide health care services using the health care provider's facilities or whether a health care provider's privileges should be limited, suspended or revoked.","path":["Chapter 41 - Torts","ARTICLE 9 Review Organization Immunity"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18541/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"711d577c1b546af2ac851a2ad2005185c3ee1789b930fbe449635eccd6816aa3","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/41-9-1","next":"us-nm/41-9-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}