As used in the Emergency Medical Services Fund Act:

A. "bureau" means the emergency medical systems bureau of the department;

B. "committee" means the statewide emergency medical services advisory committee appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-10B-7 NMSA 1978;

C. "department" means the department of health;

D. "fund" means the emergency medical services fund;

E. "local recipient" means a publicly owned or contracted ambulance or air ambulance service, medical rescue service, fire department rescue service, regionalized emergency medical service agency; or other prehospital emergency medical service care provider based in the state:

(1) that routinely responds to an individual's need for immediate medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physical or psychological illness or injury;

(2) whose application for funding through the Emergency Medical Services Fund Act is sponsored by a municipality or county; and

(3) that meets department guidelines for certification, including:

(a) personnel training;

(b) participation in emergency medical service data collection and submission to the state emergency medical systems database;

(c) participation in local design and planning for efficient delivery of emergency medical services;

(d) participation in mutual aid agreements and medical control; and

(e) participation in medical control for emergency medical services;

F. "municipality" means an incorporated city, town or village;

G. "regionalized emergency medical service agency" means a rural or frontier emergency medical service agency composed of multiple geographic districts with response area populations of fewer than two hundred fifty people per square mile;

H. "secretary" means the secretary of health; and

I. "tribe" means a federally recognized Native American nation, tribe or pueblo located wholly or partially in the state.

History: Laws 1994, ch. 61, § 2; 2001, ch. 258, § 2; 2001, ch. 273, § 2; 2017, ch. 87, § 23.

The 2017 amendment, effective June, 16, 2017, defined "regionalized emergency medical service agency" and "tribe", and revised certain definitions, as used in the Emergency Medical Services Fund Act; in Subsection A, after "means the", deleted "injury prevention and", after "emergency medical", deleted "services" and added "systems", and after "bureau of", deleted "the public health division of"; in Subsection E, in the introductory clause, after "means", deleted "an" and added "a publicly owned or contracted", after "rescue service", deleted "air ambulance service" and added "regionalized emergency medical service agency", after "prehospital", added "emergency medical service" and after "care provider", added "based in the state", in Paragraph E(3), in the introductory clause, after "guidelines", deleted "concerning" and added "for certification, including", added subparagraph designation "(a)", in Subparagraph E(3)(a), after "personnel training", deleted "use of bureau-approved run forms", added new Subparagraphs E(3)(b) and E(3)(c), added subparagraph designation "(d)", and added new Subparagraph E(3)(e); added new Subsection G and redesignated former Subsection G as Subsection H; and added Subsection I.

The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, substituted "injury prevention" for "primary care" in Subsection A; inserted "statewide" in Subsection B; in the introductory language of Subsection E, inserted "medical" preceding "rescue services" and inserted "air ambulance service"; deleted Subsection G, which defined "run" and redesignated former Subsection H as G.