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New Mexico

Medicaid Program: New Mexico Medicaid

Medicaid Program Administrator: New Mexico Human Services Dept., Medical Assistance Division (MAD)

Regional Telehealth Resource Center:
Southwest Telehealth Resource Center
PO Box 245105
Tucson, AZ 85724
(520) 626-4498
www.southwesttrc.org

STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM

Definition of telemedicine/telehealth
“Telemedicine means the practice of medicine across No reference found.
state lines.”

Source: NM Administrative Code, 16.10.2.7 (2012).

Telemedicine means the use of interactive simultaneous
audio and video or store-and-forward technology using
information and telecommunications technologies by a
health care provider to deliver health care services at a
site other than the site where the patient is located,
including the use of electronic media for consultation
relating to the health care diagnosis or treatment of the
patient in real time or through the use of store-and-
forward technology.

Source: NM Statute. 59A-22-49.3.

“The practice of medicine across state lines means the
rendering of a written or otherwise documented medical
opinion concerning diagnosis or treatment of a patient
within this state, by a physician located outside this
state, as a result of transmission of individual patient
data by electronic, telephonic or other means from within
this state, to the physician or the physician’s agent, OR
the rendering of treatment to a patient within this state,
by a physician located outside this state, as a result of
transmission of individual patient data by electronic,
telephonic or other means from within this state to the
physician or the physician’s agent.”

Source: NM Statutes Annotated, 1978 Sec. 61-6-6 (2012).

"Telehealth means the use of electronic information,
imaging and communication technologies, including
interactive audio, video and data communications as
well as store-and-forward technologies, to provide and
support health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation,
treatment, transfer of medical data and education.”

Source: NM Statutes Annotated Sec. 24-1G-3 (2012).

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