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.