New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Part 10 - CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCIES
Section 7.27.10.19 - SPECIAL EVENT EMS

A. Certification required. A special event EMS agency shall not provide medical treatment or transport to any patient unless the special event EMS agency holds a valid certificate in accordance with this rule. A special event EMS agency shall not charge a fee to the patient for services provided. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent a special event EMS agency from negotiating reimbursement agreements.

B. Minimum personnel requirements. The exact number and licensure of New Mexico-licensed EMS personnel to be utilized at any event shall be established and approved by the special event EMS agency and the agency's medical director, based on estimated attendance, geography, venue and environmental factors for each event. At a minimum, one medical team consisting of two New Mexico-licensed EMS personnel equipped with a defibrillator shall be provided for every 5,000 participants and spectators. EMS providers assigned to a patient transport unit shall not be included in the staffing levels required at an event.

C. Level of service. The highest level of care that may be practiced under the licensure of special event EMS providers shall determine the level of service provided by a medical team.

D. Special event EMS agency transport. Special event EMS may be provided by an EMS agency irrespective of whether the EMS agency is transport capable. If an EMS agency that provides special event EMS is not transport capable, transport shall be provided by a public regulation commission-certificated ambulance service for the territory where the event takes place. Medical rescue agencies performing special event EMS shall follow the appropriate section in this rule.

E. Minimum supplies, equipment, medications and kits required. All special event EMS agencies shall have available and utilize supplies and equipment appropriate to the level of service to be provided, per the direction of the EMS agency's service director and medical director. At a minimum, a medical team shall be equipped with a defibrillator and trauma and airway supplies.