Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases used in these regulations shall have the meanings indicated.
- A. “Accredited” means a process of validation by an organization recognized by the department.
- B. “Acute care hospital” means a facility with an emergency department and physicians(s) available, licensed under state statute, or a comparable facility operated by the federal government or located and licensed by another state.
- C. “Bureau” means the EMS bureau of the epidemiology and response division of the department of health.
- D. “Certified” means a formal determination by the department that an acute care facility has met the standards necessary for national accreditation, including functioning in a STEMI and other heart attack care system, and capable of providing special resources and care as a STEMI receiving or STEMI referring center.
- E. “Department” means the New Mexico department of health.
- F. “Recognized” means written acknowledgement by the bureau.
- G. “Registry” means a bureau approved database which documents and integrates medical and system information related to the provision of STEMI and other heart attack care by acute care hospital facilities.
- H. “STEMI” means ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, a common type of heart attack caused by a blocked artery that supplies blood to the heart muscle.
[7.27.12.7 NMAC - N, 8/15/14]