Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
As used in these regulations.
A.
Definitions beginning with
"A":
"Act" means the Vital Statistics Act, Sections
24-14-1 to
24-14-31, NMSA 1978 as
amended.
B.
Definitions
beginning with "B":
"Bureau"means the vital records and
health statistics bureau, epidemiology and response division) within the
department of health, which was formerly and in the statute referred to as the
vital statistics bureau. Vital Statistics Act Section
24-14-1 et seq., NMSA
1978.
C.
Definitions
beginning with "C":
(1)
"Certificate of still birth" means a certificate created by the
BVRHS at the request of a parent named on a report of spontaneous fetal death
which captures data from a report of a spontaneous fetal death reported in
accordance with New Mexico law. The certificate is intended to memorialize a
stillbirth event, but cannot be used as proof of a live birth, for
identification or other legal purposes.
(2)
"Certifier", for purposes of
death records means a person authorized to certify cause of death pursuant to
the laws of New Mexico.
(3)
"Court ordered custodian" means the New Mexico children youth and
families department when that department has legal custody of the child
pursuant to a court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in the
state of New Mexico.
D
Definitions beginning with "D":
(1)
"Dead body" means a human
body or such parts thereof other than skeletal remains which cannot be
classified as artifacts; dead within the meaning of Section
12-2-4 NMSA 1978.
(2)
"Department" means the
department of health.
E.
Definitions beginning with "E": [RESERVED]
F.Definitions beginning with
"F":
(1)
"Fetal death"
means death prior to complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a
product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the
death is indicated by the fact that after such expulsion or extraction the
fetus does not breathe or show any evidence of life such as beating of the
heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary
muscles.
(a) "Induced termination of
pregnancy" means the purposeful interruption of pregnancy with the intention
other than to produce a live-born infant or to remove a dead fetus, and which
does not result in a live birth; induced abortion.
(b) "Spontaneous fetal death" means the
expulsion or extraction of a product of human conception resulting in other
than a live birth and which is not an induced termination of pregnancy; still
birth.
(2)
"File" means to present a vital record for registration by the
state registrar.
(3)
"Final
disposition" means the burial, interment, cremation, removal from the
state or other authorized disposition of a dead body or fetus.
(4)
"Forms" means all
certificates, forms, electronic media, reports, and records, and any safety
paper used in their production, which are vital records.
(5)
"Fraud manager" means an
employee or representative of the bureau whose responsibilities include liaison
with law enforcement, immigration, passport, embassy and consular officials, or
other agencies, and who investigates or coordinates the investigation of any
incidence or suspected incidence of fraud, or violation of statute or
regulation, and who reports on these investigations to the state
registrar.
G.
Definitions beginning with "G":
(1)
"Gender" means a person's
internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or
neither male nor female.
(2)
"Given name" means a name that precedes one's surname.
H.
Definitions beginning
with "H":
(1)
"Healthcare
provider" for the purposes of medical aid in dying means an authorized
individual pursuant to the End-of-Life Options Act to prescribe medical aid in
dying including a physician licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act, an
osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Medicine Act; A
nurse licensed in advanced practice pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act, or a
physicians assistant licensed pursuant to the Physicians Assistant Act or the
Osteopathic Medicine Act.
(2)
"Homeless" means the following:
(a) lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate
nighttime residence;
(b) living in
the housing of another person due to the individual's loss of housing, economic
hardship or other reason related to that individual's lack of
residence;
(c) living in a motel,
hotel, trailer park or camping ground due to the lack of alternative adequate
accommodation;
(d) living in an
emergency or transitional shelter;
(e) sleeping in a public or private place not
designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human
beings; or
(f) living in an
automobile, a park, a public space, an abandoned building, substandard housing,
a bus station, a train station or similar setting.
I.
Definitions beginning
with "I":
(1)
"Immediate
family" means any of the following: mother, father, grandmother,
grandfather, grandchild, sibling, child or current spouse.
(2)
"Institution" means any
establishment, public or private, which provides in-patient or out-patient
medical or surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial, or
domiciliary care, or to which persons are committed by law.
J.
Definitions beginning
with "J":
[RESERVED]
K.
Definitions beginning with
"K":
[RESERVED]
L.
Definitions beginning with "L": Live
birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a
product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which,
after such expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any other evidence of
life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite
movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut
or the placenta is attached.
M.
Definitions beginning with "M":
(1)
"Medical aid in dying" means
the medical practice wherein a health care provider prescribes medication to a
qualified individual who may self-administer that medication to end that
individual's life in accordance with the provisions of the End-of-Life Options
Act.
(2)
"Minor error"
means transposition of letters in words of common knowledge, typographical
errors, or omissions of letters and numbers.
N.
Definitions beginning with
"N":
[RESERVED]
O.
Definitions beginning with "O":
"OMI" means the office of the medical investigator.
P.
Definitions beginning with "P":
"Physician" means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine
or osteopathy pursuant to the laws of New Mexico.
Q.
Definitions beginning with
"Q":
[RESERVED]
R.
Definitions beginning with "R":
"Registration" means the acceptance by the state registrar and the
incorporation into his or her official records of vital records provided for in
the act.
S.
Definitions
beginning with "S":
(1)
"Sex" means the biological anatomy of an individual's reproductive
system, and secondary sex characteristics.
(2)
"State" means the state of
New Mexico.
(3)
"State
registrar" means the person appointed under the Vital Statistics Act,
Section 24-14-14, et seq., NMSA 1978, and
whose duties are described in the act at Section
24-14-4 NMSA 1978.
(4)
"System of vital statistics"
means the registration, collection, preservation, amendment and certification
of vital records; the collection of other reports required by this act; and
activities related thereto, including the tabulation, analysis and publication
of vital statistics.
T.
Definitions beginning with "T":
[RESERVED]
U.
Definitions beginning with
"U":
[RESERVED]
V.
Definitions beginning with
"V":
(1)
"Vital records"
means certificates, records, reports, or registration forms of birth and death,
and supporting documentation.
(2)
"Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates and
reports of birth, death, spontaneous fetal death, induced termination of
pregnancy and related reports.
W.
Definitions beginning with
"W":
[RESERVED]
X.
Definitions beginning with
"X":
"X" means a gender other than male or female, or an
undesignated gender.
Y.
Definitions beginning with "Y":
[RESERVED]
Z.
Definitions beginning with
"Z":
[RESERVED]
