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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24. Health and Safety § 24-10C-3. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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