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.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-31-1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 265, § 1.