N.M. Stat. § 58-23-3
Definitions.
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.