{"data":{"id":"us-nm/24-10c-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"24-10C-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Cardiac Arrest Response Act:\nA. \"automated external defibrillator\" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:\n(1) has received approval of its premarket modification filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 360(k), from the United States food and drug administration;\n(2) is capable of recognizing cardiac arrest that will respond to defibrillation, ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of determining whether defibrillation should be performed; and\n(3) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and is capable of delivering an electrical impulse to an individual's heart;\nB. \"automated external defibrillator program\" means a program of trained targeted responders registered with the department;\nC. \"defibrillation\" means the administration of a controlled electrical charge to the heart to restore a viable cardiac rhythm;\nD. \"department\" means the department of health;\nE. \"good Samaritan\" means a person who lacks automated external defibrillator training but who has access to an automated external defibrillator and provides emergency automated external defibrillator services to a person in need of defibrillation, provided that the good Samaritan:\n(1) acts without willful, wanton or reckless behavior that is the cause of injury or death; and\n(2) acts without compensation;\nF. \"person\" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or any legal or commercial entity; and\nG. \"trained targeted responder\" means a person trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator under emergency cardiac care guidelines.","path":["Chapter 24 - Health and Safety","ARTICLE 10C Cardiac Arrest Response"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18524/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"bd98ba9c61590a0bb73d67d565a7ea35ff55b9444e8f7b7ced64a87967c58820","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/24-10c-2","next":"us-nm/24-10c-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}