2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 24-6A-1 — Definitions.

24-6A-1. Definitions.

As used in the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [ 24-6A-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "anatomical gift" means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect upon or after death;   

B.     "decedent" means a deceased individual and includes a stillborn infant;   

C.     "designated requester" means a person who has completed a course offered or approved by a procurement organization that trains persons to approach potential donor families and request anatomical gifts;   

D.     "document of gift" means a card, a statement attached to or imprinted on a motor vehicle driver's license, an identification card, a will or other writing used to make an anatomical gift;   

E.     "donor" means an individual who makes an anatomical gift of all or part of the individual's body;   

F.     "enucleator" means an individual who has completed a course in eye enucleation conducted and certified by an accredited school of medicine and who possesses a certificate of competence issued upon completion of the course;   

G.     "hospital" means a facility licensed, accredited or approved as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States government, a state or a subdivision of a state;   

H.     "part" means an organ, tissue, eye, bone, artery, blood, fluid or other portion of a human body;   

I.     "person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association, government, governmental subdivision or agency or any other legal or commercial entity;   

J.     "physician" means an individual licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine under the laws of any state;   

K.     "procurement organization" means a person licensed, accredited or approved under the laws of any state for procurement, distribution or storage of human bodies or parts. The term includes a nonprofit agency that is organized to procure eye tissue for the purpose of transplantation or research and that meets the medical standards set by the eye bank association of America;   

L.     "state" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the commonwealth of Puerto Rico;   

M.     "technician" means an individual who, under the supervision of a physician, removes or processes a part; and   

N.     "vascular organ" means the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas or other organ that requires the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful for transplantation purposes and does not include human tissue, bones or corneas.