Starting with 2012 data, all data providers shall submit the required quarterly discharge data pursuant to the reporting schedule contained in Subsection A of 7.1.27.9 NMAC and all final corrected reports, for the full year's worth of data, are due no later than March 31of the following year. Data providers shall submit data by electronic media, which includes CD, DVD, or direct electronic transmission by encrypted e-mail or secure file transmission protocol (SFTP), in an ASCII file format, per the most current record layout and instruction provided by the division. Data providers shall label all media and data files with the following information: type of data, hospital name and license number, year, file name, point of contact and telephone number, and mail data to "New Mexico department of health epidemiology and response division, attn: division, 1190 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87502." Any data transmitted by mail or overnight delivery is the responsibility of the data provider until it is acknowledged as received by the division. Therefore, all data transmitted by third party mail provider will be sent using a tracking mechanism (e.g., fedex tracking website) or be certified for acknowledgement (e.g., certified postal mail requiring a signature for delivery).
N.M. Admin. Code § 7.1.27.10