As used in the Hospital Equipment Loan Act:

A. "board" means the board of directors of the council;

B. "bonds" means bonds, notes, interim certificates, bond anticipation notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the council issued pursuant to the Hospital Equipment Loan Act, including refunding bonds;

C. "cost" as applied to health-related equipment means any and all costs of equipment, including but not limited to the following:

(1) all direct or indirect costs of the acquisition, including repair, restoration, reconditioning, financing and refinancing or installation of the health-related equipment;

(2) the cost of any property interest in the health-related equipment, including an option to purchase or a lease-hold interest;

(3) the cost of architectural, engineering, planning, drafting, legal and any incidental or related services necessary for acquisition of the health-related equipment;

(4) the cost of all financing charges and interest accrued prior to the acquisition or refinancing of the health-related equipment for a maximum of two years after or prior to such acquisition or refinancing;

(5) all direct and indirect costs incurred in connection with the financing of the health-related equipment, including out-of-pocket expenses; the cost of financing; legal, accounting, financial, advisory and consulting expenses; the cost of any policy of insurance; the cost of printing, engraving and reproduction services; and costs associated with any trust indenture; and

(6) any costs incurred by the council for the administration of any program for the purchase, sale or lease of or the making of loans for health-related equipment to any participating health-care provider;

D. "council" means the New Mexico hospital equipment loan council;

E. "health facility" means any person that:

(1) is licensed by the department of health to provide health-related services, assisted living support or long-term care;

(2) provides health-related research; or

(3) is properly accredited or certified and eligible to receive medicare or medicaid reimbursement for all or part of its activities providing mental health services, developmental disabilities services or related specialized support to or on behalf of persons or a defined group of persons;

F. "health-related equipment" means any real or personal property, instrument, service or operational necessity that is found and determined by the council to be needed, directly or indirectly, for medical care, treatment or research or other equipment as otherwise might be needed to operate the health facility;

G. "participating health facility" means a public or private nonprofit or for-profit corporation, association, foundation, trust, cooperative, agency or other person or organization that operates or proposes to operate a health facility in New Mexico and contracts with the council for the financing or refinancing of the lease or acquisition of health-related equipment. Public, district, county, city, county-municipal or other municipal hospitals and hospitals affiliated with an institution of higher education in New Mexico are participating health-care facilities; and

H. "program" means the New Mexico hospital equipment loan program created by the Hospital Equipment Loan Act and administered by the council.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 290, § 3; 1986, ch. 60, § 5; 1987, ch. 49, § 1; 2002, ch. 25, § 6.

The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, substituted "person that" for "entity providing health-related services which" in Subsection E; added the paragraph E(1) designation; in Paragraph E(1) deleted "health and environment department and all customary and necessary supporting services" and substituted the present language; added Paragraphs E(2) and E(3); and made minor stylistic changes in Subsections F and G.