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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in the Medical Psilocybin Act:
A. “board” means the medical psilocybin advisory board;
B. “clinician” means an approved health care provider licensed in New Mexico who holds a permit from the department to provide medical services to qualified patients;
C. “department” means the department of health;
D. “medical services” means services provided to a patient in an approved setting before, during and after the ingestion of psilocybin and includes a preparation session, an administration session and an integration session;
E. “producer” means a person who has a permit from the department to grow and harvest or prepare psilocybin from psilocybin-producing mushrooms, including to compound, convert, process or manufacture psilocybin products directly or indirectly from psilocybin mushrooms and to package or repackage or label or relabel the products;
F. “program” means the medical use of psilocybin program;
G. “psilocybin” means the naturally occurring psychedelic compound 4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, also known as 4-PO-DMT, and its pharmacologically active metabolite psilocin, 4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, found in certain mushrooms, but does not include synthetic or synthetic analogs of psilocybin;
H. “qualified patient” means a patient whose clinician has judged the patient to be a medically appropriate candidate for the use of medical psilocybin based on being diagnosed with a qualifying condition;
I. “qualifying condition” includes:
(1) major treatment-resistant depression;
(2) posttraumatic stress disorder;
(3) substance use disorders;
(4) end-of-life care; and
(5) other conditions approved by the department; and
J. “secretary” means the secretary of health.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 26. Drugs and Cosmetics § 26-2D-3. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-26-drugs-and-cosmetics/nm-st-sect-26-2d-3/
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