New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV, Issue 11 / June 13, 2023

This is an emergency amendment to 18.7.1 NMAC, adding Section 11 effective 6/2/2023.

18.7.1.11 NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES. This rule is adopted on an emergency basis pursuant to Section 62-19-21 NMSA 1978 and Section 14-4-5.6 NMSA 1978 to preserve the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare. Non-emergency medical transport services:

A. may be provided only to riders who do not require medical intervention to maintain their level of response, airway, breathing and circulatory status, with the exception that self-administered oxygen is not to exceed six liters per minute via a nasal cannula; the oxygen container must be secured in accordance with other state and federal laws; and

B. may not be provided to riders who are recumbent (for example, on transport gurneys) or require medical monitoring or medical intervention.

[18.7.1.11 NMAC - N/E, 6/2/2023]