Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A.
Words
starting with the letter A:
(1)
"Act" means the Veterinary Practice Act, Subsections B of Sections
77-1-1
through
77-1-12
NMSA 1978.
(2)
"Animal" means any animal, except humans, not defined as
"livestock" in Subsection T of this section.
(3)
"Animal shelter" means:
(a) a county or municipal facility that
provides shelter to animals on a regular basis; and
(b) a private humane society or a private
animal shelter that temporarily houses stray, unwanted or injured animals
through administrative or contractual arrangements with a local government
agency; and
(c) does not include a
municipal zoological park.
B.
Words starting with the letter B:
"Board" means the board of veterinary medicine.
C.
Words starting with the letter
C:
(1)
"Companion animal"
means any vertebrates commonly kept as domestic pets, excluding man, and those
under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico department of game and fish and those
under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico livestock board.
(2)
"Consulting pharmacist"
means a pharmacist whose services are engaged on a routine basis by a
euthanasia agency and who is responsible for the distribution, receipt and
storage of drugs according to the state and federal regulations.
D.
Words starting with the
letter D:
(1)
"Dangerous
drug" means a drug, other than a controlled substance enumerated in
schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, that because of a potentiality for
harmful effect or the method of its use or the collateral measures necessary to
its use is not safe, except under the supervision of a practitioner licensed by
law to direct the use of such drug and hence for which adequate directions for
use cannot be prepared. 'Adequate directions for use' means directions under
which the layperson can use a drug or device safely and for the purposes for
which it is intended.
(2)
"DEA" means United States drug enforcement
administration.
(3)
"Disposition" means the adoption of an animal; return of an animal
to the owner; release of an animal to a rescue organization; release of an
animal to another animal shelter or to a rehabilitator licensed by the
department of game and fish or the United States fish and wildlife service; or
euthanasia of an animal.
E.
Words starting with E:
(1)
"Emergency field euthanasia"
means the process defined by rule of the board to cause the death of an animal
in an emergency situation when the safe and humane transport of the animal is
not possible.
(2)
"Euthanasia" means to produce the humane death of an animal by
standards deemed acceptable to the board as set forth in its rules.
(3)
"Euthanasia agency" means a
facility licensed by the board that provides shelter to animals on a regular
basis, including a humane society or a public or private shelter facility that
temporarily houses stray, unwanted or injured animals, and that performs
euthanasia.
(4)
"Euthanasia
drugs" means non-narcotic schedule II or schedule III substances and
chemicals as set forth in the Controlled Substances Act, Section
30-31-1
et. seq. NMSA 1978, that are used for the purposes of euthanasia and
pre-euthanasia of animals.
(5)
"Euthanasia instructor" means a euthanasia technician or a
veterinarian certified by the board to instruct other individuals in euthanasia
techniques.
(6)
"Euthanasia
technician" means a person licensed by the board to euthanize animals
for a euthanasia agency.
(7)
"Exotic" means any vertebrate animals, excluding man, wild
animals, livestock and companion animals.
F.
Words starting with F: "FDA"
means United States food and drug administration.
G.
Words staring with G:
[Reserved]
H.
Words starting
with H: "Humanely" means actions marked by compassion, sympathy or
consideration, especially for the prevention of the suffering of the animal.
I.
Words starting with
I: [Reserved]
J.
Words
starting with J: [Reserved]
K.
Words starting with K: [Reserved]
L.
Words starting with L:
"Livestock" means all domestic or domesticated animals that are used or
raised on a farm or ranch and exotic animals in captivity and includes horses,
asses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, bison, poultry, ostriches, emus,
rheas, camelids and farmed cervidae but does not include canine or feline
animals.
M.
Words starting
with M: [Reserved]
N.
Words starting with N:
"Non-livestock" means any
animal not covered under the definition of livestock in Subsection L of Section
77-1B-2
NMSA 1978.
O.
Words starting
with O: [Reserved]
P.
Words starting with P: [Reserved]
Q.
Words starting with Q:
[Reserved]
R.
Words starting
with R: "Rescue organization" means an organization that rescues animals
and is not involved in the breeding of animals.
S.
Words starting with S:
(1)
"Sharps" means any discarded
article that may cause punctures or cuts. Such wastes may include, but are not
limited to needles, scalpel blades, glass slides, glassware, suture needles and
trocars.
(2)
Supervising
veterinarian" means a person who is a New Mexico-licensed veterinarian,
who holds both a valid New Mexico controlled substance license and a valid
federal drug enforcement agency license and who approves the drug protocols and
the procurement and administration of all pharmaceuticals at a euthanasia
agency.
T.
Words
starting with T: [Reserved]
U.
Words starting with U: [Reserved]
V.
Words starting with V:
(1)
"Veterinarian" means a
person who is licensed as a doctor of veterinary medicine by the board of
veterinary medicine pursuant to the Veterinary Practice Act, Section
61-14-1
et. seq. NMSA 1978.
(2)
"Veterinary facility" means any building, mobile unit, vehicle or
other location where services included within the practice of veterinary
medicine are provided.
W.
Words starting with W:
"Wild animal" means any vertebrate animals under the jurisdiction
of the New Mexico game and fish department.
X.
Words starting with X:
[Reserved]
Y.
Words starting
with Y: [Reserved]
Z.
Words starting with Z: [Reserved]
