New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Part 8 - CARDIAC ARREST TARGETED RESPONSE PROGRAM
Section 7.27.8.2 - SCOPE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
These regulations are applicable to all persons or entities operating an automated external defibrillator (AED) program within the state of New Mexico. The regulations also apply to all AED training organizations, trainers, and trained targeted responders affiliated with an AED Program.
Exemptions: Certain individuals and agencies are exempted from this regulation, as described below:
A. Individuals authorized by physicians: As stated in the Cardiac Arrest Response Act, 24-10C-1 NMSA 1978, nothing precludes a physician or a physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or certified nurse-midwife working within that person's scope of practice from prescribing an automated external defibrillator to a patient for use by the patient's caregiver on an individual patient, and the use does not require the individual to function in an approved program.
B. Health care professionals: EMS personnel or other health care professionals, who are authorized by other laws, regulations, and scopes of practice to use and perform defibrillation in the out-of-hospital environment, while performing official duties or within the scope of their employment.
C. Military services, other federal entities, and AED programs on tribal land: The United States department of defense, other federal agencies, AED programs on tribal lands, and the New Mexico department of military affairs are exempt from this rule.
