New Mexico § 24-10C-3 Definitions

New Mexico Statutes

§ 24-10C-3 — Definitions

New Mexico § 24-10C-3

Ch. 24Health and Safety

Art. 10CCardiac Arrest Response

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 24-10C-3 (2026).

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As used in the Cardiac Arrest Response Act: A. "automated external defibrillator" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

(1)has received approval of its premarket modification filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 360(k), from the United States food and drug administration;

(2)is capable of recognizing cardiac arrest that will respond to defibrillation, ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of determining whether defibrillation should be performed; and (3) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and is capable of delivering an electrical impulse to an individual's heart; B. "automated external defibrillator program" means a program of trained targeted responders registered with the department; C. "def

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As used in the Cardiac Arrest Response Act: A. "automated external defibrillator" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that: (1) has received approval of its premarket modification filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 360(k), from the United States food and drug administration; (2) is capable of recognizing cardiac arrest that will respond to defibrillation, ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of determining whether defibrillation should be performed; and (3) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and is capable of delivering an electrical impulse to an individual's heart; B. "automated external defibrillator program" means a program of trained targeted responders registered with the department; C. "defibrillation" means the administration of a controlled electrical charge to the heart to restore a viable cardiac rhythm; D. "department" means the department of health; E. "good Samaritan" means a person who lacks automated external defibrillator training but who has access to an automated external defibrillator and provides emergency automated external defibrillator services to a person in need of defibrillation, provided that the good Samaritan: (1) acts without willful, wanton or reckless behavior that is the cause of injury or death; and (2) acts without compensation; F. "person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or any legal or commercial entity; and G. "trained targeted responder" means a person trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator under emergency cardiac care guidelines.