New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 10 - MEDICINE AND SURGERY PRACTITIONERS
Part 16 - ADMINISTERING, PRESCRIBING AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICATIONS
Section 16.10.16.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Administer" means to apply a drug directly to the body of a patient by any means.

B. "Dispense" means to deliver a drug directly to a patient and includes the mixing, labeling and repackaging of a drug from a bulk or original container.

C. "Distribute" means to administer or supply to a patient under the direct care of the distributing physician assistant prepared or repackaged drugs or the manufacturer's original container(s), containing a quantity suitable for the prescribed treatment or condition.

D. "Established physician assistant-patient relationship" means a relationship between a physician assistant and a patient that is for the purpose of maintaining the patient's well-being. At a minimum, this relationship is established by an interactive encounter between patient and physician assistant involving an appropriate history and physical or mental status examination sufficient to make a diagnosis and to provide, prescribe or recommend treatment, with the informed consent from the patient and availability of the physician assistant or coverage for the patient for appropriate follow-up care. A medical record must be generated by the encounter.

E. "Physician assistant" means a health professional who is licensed by the board to practice as a physician assistant.

F. "Prescribe" means to issue an order individually for the person for whom prescribed, either directly from the prescriber to the pharmacist or indirectly by means of a written or electronic order signed by the prescriber, bearing the name and address of the prescriber, license classification, the name and date of birth of the patient, the name of the drug prescribed, direction for use and the date of issue.