Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A.
Words
starting with the letter A:
(1)
"Act" means the Veterinary Practice Act, Section
77-1-1
through
77-1-12
NMSA 1978.
(2)
"Animal" means any animal, except humans, not defined as
"livestock" in Subsection L 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)
"Capacity for Care"
means the overall ability of an animal shelter to provide humane care of
animals.
(2)
"Colony
housing" means housing two or more animals in the same primary enclosure
or playgroups.
(3)
"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.
(4)
"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; return to field;
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)
"Enrichment" means improving
the environment and behavioral care for confined animals.
(3)
"Euthanasia" means to
produce the humane death of an animal by standards deemed acceptable to the
board as set forth in its rules.
(4)
"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.
(5)
"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
NMSA 1978, that are used for the purposes of euthanasia and pre-euthanasia of
animals.
(6)
"Euthanasia
instructor" means a euthanasia technician or a veterinarian certified by
the board to instruct other individuals in euthanasia techniques.
(7)
"Euthanasia technician"
means a person licensed by the board to euthanize animals for a euthanasia
agency.
(8)
"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: "Group Housing" means housing two or more animals in the
same primary enclosure or playgroups.
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: "Isolation" means to separate apart from others.
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: "May" means permissive and a possible means to best
practices.
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:
(1)
"Personal protective equipment" means items such as gloves, eye
protection, gowns, and boots that protect a person from exposure to chemical or
biological agents.
(2)
"Population management" means a proactive process of planning,
ongoing daily evaluations and responses to changing conditions as an
organization cares for multiple animals, based on that organization's capacity
for care and statistical data.
(3)
"Potable water" means clean, fresh water that is suitable for
drinking.
(4)
"Primary
enclosure" means an animal enclosure in which the animal normally eats,
eliminates, rests, and sleeps.
Q.
Words starting with Q:
"Quarantine" means restriction of activity, enforced isolation. As
defined by Subsection Q of Section
7.4.2.7 NMAC
quarantine means the strict containment of all animals specified in the order
of the district health officer upon the private premises of the owner, or under
restraint by leash, or within a closed cage or paddock and shall include other
measures ordered by the district health officer to control the spread of
rabies.
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)
"Spot-cleaning" means using cleaning solution and a paper towel or
rag to remove any smudges or contaminants in lieu of total
disinfection.
(3)
"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)
"Ventilation" means the
circulation of air; a system or means of providing fresh air.
(2)
"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.
(3)
"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]
