New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 30 - FAMILY AND CHILDREN HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Part 12 - EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS IN SCHOOLS
Section 7.30.12.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Adverse event form" is a department form used by school nurses to report events with potential impact on the health of the students or the school, including administration of stock albuterol or epinephrine.

B. "Albuterol" includes albuterol or another inhaled bronchodilator, as recommended by the department of health, for the treatment of respiratory distress.

C. "Albuterol aerosol canister" means a portable drug delivery device packaged with multiple premeasured doses of albuterol.

D. "Anaphylaxis" or "anaphylactic reaction" means a sudden, severe, and potentially life-threatening whole-body allergic reaction.

E. "BOP" refers to the board of pharmacy.

F. "Class D Medication Room" is specific for schools and is used only for emergency medications. The Class D Medication Room criteria is established by the board of pharmacy. The criteria includes requirements for procurement of medications, storage, tracking, and disposal of expired medications.

G. "Department" means department of health.

H. "Emergency medication" means albuterol or epinephrine.

I. "Epinephrine" includes epinephrine or another medication, as recommended by the department of health, used to treat anaphylaxis until the immediate arrival of emergency medical system responders.

J. "Epinephrine auto-injector" means a portable, disposable drug delivery device that contains a premeasured single dose of epinephrine.

K. "Governing body" means a governing body of a private school.

L. "Health care practitioner" means a person authorized by the state to prescribe emergency medication.

M. "PED" means the public education department.

N. "Respiratory distress" includes impaired oxygenation of the blood or impaired ventilation of the respiratory system.

O. "School" means a public school, charter school, or private school.

P. "Spacer" means a holding chamber that is used to optimize the delivery of albuterol to a person's lungs.

Q. "Stock supply" means an appropriate quantity of emergency medication, as recommended by the department of health.

R. "Trained personnel" means a school employee, agent, or volunteer designated by the school nurse to administer epinephrine on a voluntary basis outside of the scope of employment and who has completed department approved epinephrine administration training that has been documented by the school nurse, school principal, or school leader.