As used in the Impaired Pharmacists Act:

1. A. "board" means the New Mexico board of pharmacy;
2. B. "board-approved intervenors" means persons trained to intervention and designated by the board to implement the intervention process when necessary;
3. C. "committee" means a committee appointed by the board to formulate and administer the impaired pharmacists program;
4. D. "impaired pharmacist" means a pharmacist who is unable to practice pharmacy with reasonable skill, competency or safety to the public because of substance abuse, mental illness, the aging process or loss of motor skills;
5. E. "impaired pharmacist program" means a plan approved by the board for treatment and rehabilitation of an impaired pharmacist;
6. F. "intervention" means a process whereby an alleged impaired pharmacist is confronted by the board or board-approved intervenors who provide documentation that a problem exists and attempt to convince the pharmacist to seek evaluation and treatment;
7. G. "rehabilitation" means the process whereby an impaired pharmacist advances in an impaired pharmacists program to an optimal level of competence to practice pharmacy without endangering the public; and
8. H. "verification" means a process whereby alleged professional impairment is identified or established.

History: Laws 1987, ch. 284, § 2.