New Mexico Statutes Chapter 50. Employment Law § 50-16-2. Definitions

A. “eligible employee” means, except as provided pursuant to Section 4 of the Caregiver Leave Act, an individual who is in the employ of an employer and who, in accordance with the employer's policies, is eligible to accrue sick leave;

B. “employer” means a person that employs one or more employees and that offers eligible employees sick leave;

C. “family member” means an individual who is the spouse or domestic partner of or is by blood, marriage or legal adoption a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, child, foster child, grandchild, great-grandchild, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle of an eligible employee; and

D. “sick leave” means a leave of absence from employment for which an employer pays an eligible employee due to illness or injury or to receive care from a licensed or certified health professional. “Sick leave” does not include leave to which an employee is entitled under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, regardless of whether the employee uses sick leave during that leave.