As used in the Emergency Medication in Schools Act:

A. "albuterol" includes albuterol or another inhaled bronchodilator, as recommended by the department of health, for the treatment of respiratory distress;

B. "albuterol aerosol canister" means a portable drug delivery device packaged with multiple premeasured doses of albuterol;

C. "anaphylaxis" or "anaphylactic reaction" means a sudden, severe and potentially life-threatening whole-body allergic reaction;

D. "emergency medication" means albuterol or epinephrine;

E. "epinephrine" includes epinephrine or another medication, as recommended by the department of health, used to treat anaphylaxis until the immediate arrival of emergency medical system responders;

F. "epinephrine auto-injector" means a portable, disposable drug delivery device that contains a premeasured single dose of epinephrine;

G. "governing body" includes a governing body of a private school;

H. "health care practitioner" means a person authorized by the state to prescribe emergency medication;

I. "respiratory distress" includes impaired oxygenation of the blood or impaired ventilation of the respiratory system;

J. "school" means a public school, charter school or private school;

K. "spacer" means a holding chamber that is used to optimize the delivery of albuterol to a person's lungs;

L. "stock supply" means an appropriate quantity of emergency medication, as recommended by the department of health; and

M. "trained personnel" means a school employee, agent or volunteer who has completed epinephrine administration training documented by the school nurse, school principal or school leader and approved by the department of health and who has been designated by the school principal or school leader to administer epinephrine on a voluntary basis outside of the scope of employment.

History: Laws 2014, ch. 50, § 2.

Effective dates. — Laws 2014, ch. 50 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 21, 2014, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.