N.M. Stat. § 29-7C-2
Definitions.
As used in the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act:
A. "board" means the law enforcement certification board;
B. "certified" means meeting the training standards established by statute and rule
as determined by the board;
C. "council" means the New Mexico law enforcement standards and training council;
D. "director" means the director of the New Mexico law enforcement academy;
E. "dispatch" means the relay of information to public safety personnel by all forms
of communication;
F. "high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation" means the
instructions that a telecommunicator provides to a bystander of a cardiac emergency on
how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
G. "safety agency" means a unit of state or local government, a special purpose
district or a private business that provides police, firefighting or emergency medical
services; and
H. "telecommunicator" means an employee or volunteer of a safety agency who:
(1)
receives calls or dispatches the appropriate personnel or equipment in
response to calls for police, fire or medical services; and
(2)
makes decisions affecting the life, health or welfare of the public or safety
employees.