As used in the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act: A. "Brittany alert" means a notification relating to an endangered person:
(1)who is a missing person; and (2) about whom there is a clear indication that the person has a developmental disability as defined in Subsection A of Section 28-16A-6 NMSA 1978 and that the person's health or safety is at risk; B. "child" means a person under the age of eighteen years who is not emancipated; C. "clearinghouse" means the missing persons information clearinghouse; D. "custodian" means a parent, guardian or other person who exercises legal physical control, care or custody of a child or of an adult with a developmental disability; or a person who performs one or more activities of daily living for an adult; E. "endangered person" means a
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As used in the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act: A. "Brittany alert" means a notification relating to an endangered person: (1) who is a missing person; and (2) about whom there is a clear indication that the person has a developmental disability as defined in Subsection A of Section 28-16A-6 NMSA 1978 and that the person's health or safety is at risk; B. "child" means a person under the age of eighteen years who is not emancipated; C. "clearinghouse" means the missing persons information clearinghouse; D. "custodian" means a parent, guardian or other person who exercises legal physical control, care or custody of a child or of an adult with a developmental disability; or a person who performs one or more activities of daily living for an adult; E. "endangered person" means a missing person who: (1) is in imminent danger of causing harm to the person's self; (2) is in imminent danger of causing harm to another; (3) is in imminent danger of being harmed by another or who has been harmed by another; (4) has been a victim of a crime as provided in the Crimes Against Household Members Act [30-3-10 through 30-3-18 NMSA 1978] or in Section 30-3A-3 or 30-3A-3.1 NMSA 1978, or their equivalents in any other jurisdiction; (5) is or was protected by an order of protection pursuant to the Family Violence Protection Act [Chapter 40, Article 13 NMSA 1978]; (6) has Alzheimer's disease, dementia or another degenerative brain disorder or a brain injury; or (7) has a developmental disability as defined in Subsection A of Section 28- 16A-6 NMSA 1978 and that person's health or safety is at risk; F. "immediate family member" means the spouse, nearest relative or close friend of a person; G. "law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement agency of the state, a state agency or a political subdivision of the state; H. "lead station" means an AM radio station that has been designated as the "state primary station" by the federal communications commission for the emergency alert system; I. "missing person" means a person whose whereabouts are unknown to the person's custodian or immediate family member and the circumstances of whose absence indicate that: (1) the person did not leave the care and control of the custodian or immediate family member voluntarily and the taking of the person was not authorized by law; or (2) the person voluntarily left the care and control of the custodian without the custodian's consent and without intent to return; J. "missing person report" means information that is: (1) given to a law enforcement agency on a form used for sending information to the national crime information center; and (2) about a person whose whereabouts are unknown to the reporter and who is alleged in the form submitted by the reporter to be missing; K. "person" means an individual, regardless of age; L. "possible match" means the similarities between unidentified human remains and a missing person that would lead one to believe they are the same person; M. "reporter" means the person who reports a missing person; N. "silver alert" means a notification relating to an endangered person: (1) who is a missing person; and (2) who is fifty years or older; or (3) who the reporter believes displays signs or symptoms of Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, cognitive decline or impairment, regardless of age; O. "state agency" means an agency of the state, a political subdivision of the state or a public post-secondary educational institution; P. "state registrar" means the employee so designated by the public health division of the department of health pursuant to the Vital Statistics Act [Chapter 24, Article 14 NMSA 1978]; and Q. "turquoise alert" means a notification relating to a missing person who is an enrolled member or a person eligible for enrollment in a federally or state-recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo and the person: (1) is missing due to involuntary, unexplained or suspicious circumstances; (2) is at risk due to safety or health concerns; or (3) suffers from a mental or physical disability or substance abuse disorder.