§ 24-10A-2.1. Definitions

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.