Section 28-8-1 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

28-8-1. Definitions.

As used in this act [28-8-1 to 28-8-7 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "disabled condition" means the condition of being unconscious, semiconscious, incoherent or otherwise incapacitated to communicate;   

B.     "disabled person" means a person in a disabled condition;   

C.     "the emergency symbol" means the caduceus inscribed within a six-barred cross used by the American Medical Association to denote emergency information;   

D.     "identifying device" means an identifying bracelet, necklace, metal tag or similar device bearing the emergency symbol and the information needed in an emergency; and   

E.     "medical practitioner" means a person licensed or authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy.