N.M. Admin. Code § 16.19.10.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 16.19.10.7 - DEFINITIONS

All terms defined in the Pharmacy Act or elsewhere in the Board Regulations shall have the same meanings in this regulation unless otherwise defined below:

A. "Clinic", means any facility where one or more licensed practitioners diagnose and treat patients, and where drugs are stored, dispensed, distributed or administered for the diagnosis and treatment of the facility's patients; provided that this definition shall not include the privately owned practice of any licensed practitioner or group of licensed practitioners exempt under Section 61-11-22 of the Pharmacy Act.

B. "Dispensing Unit", means a container or containers of a drug entity, either prepackaged (repackaged per Board requirements) or the manufacturer's original container(s), containing a quantity suitable for the prescribed treatment or condition.

C. "Distribute" means delivery of a dispensing unit (as defined in this section) by a licensed practitioner to a patient of the clinic by means other than dispensing.

D. "Drug Storage Area", means an area restricted to the storage, dispensing and distribution of dangerous drugs.

E. "Medical Records", means the medical information gathered and maintained for a clinic's patient, including but not restricted to the patients weight, height, sex, D.O.B., allergies, diagnosis and treatments.

F. "Mobile Narcotic Treatment Program" means a narcotic treatment program (NTP) operating from a motor vehicle, as defined in this section, that serves as a mobile component (conveyance) and is operating under the registration of the NTP, and engages in maintenance and/ or detoxification treatment with narcotic drugs in schedules II-V, at a location or locations remote from, but within the same State as, its registered location. Operating a mobile NTP is a coincident activity of an existing NTP.

G. Motor vehicle means a vehicle propelled under its own motive power and lawfully used on public streets, roads, or highways with more than three wheels in contact with the ground. This term does not include a trailer.

H. "Transfer", means the direct delivery, physically or electronically, of dangerous drug stock unopened containers, except samples, from a clinic or the clinic's supplier to a pharmacy to be dispensed by the pharmacy to patients of the clinic.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.19.10.7

02-15-96; 16.19.10.7 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.10.7, 03-30-02, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 17, September 13, 2022, eff. 9/13/2022