Municipalities, counties, tribes and local recipients may develop mutual aid agreements and regionalized, integrated response plans with other municipalities, counties, tribes and local recipients for the purpose of ensuring that adequate emergency medical services coverage exists throughout the state. For the benefit of the public, equipment and other emergency medical services resources obtained through money from the fund shall be shared among the parties to a mutual aid agreement or regionalized, integrated response plan.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 61, § 11; 2017, ch. 87, § 25.
The 2017 amendment, effective June, 16, 2017, authorized municipalities, counties, tribes and local recipients to develop regionalized, integrated response plans with other municipalities, counties, tribes and local recipients to ensure that adequate emergency medical services coverage exists throughout the state; in the catchline, added "regionalized, integrated response plans"; in the first sentence, deleted "Incorporated", after "counties", added "tribes" in two places, after "local recipients", deleted "are encouraged to" and added "may", after "develop mutual aid agreements", added "and regionalized, integrated response plans", and after "to a mutual aid agreement", added "or regionalized, integrated response plan".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 10A - Emergency Medical Services Fund
Section 24-10A-1 - Short title.
Section 24-10A-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 24-10A-2.1 - Definitions.
Section 24-10A-3 - Emergency medical services fund created; funding.
Section 24-10A-3.1 - Regulations.
Section 24-10A-4 - Funding program; purpose; determination of needs.
Section 24-10A-4.1 - Emergency medical services system improvement projects.
Section 24-10A-4.2 - Mutual aid agreements; regionalized, integrated response plans.
Section 24-10A-5 - Funding program; awards; appeals.
Section 24-10A-6 - Distribution of fund.
Section 24-10A-7 - Funding program; expenditures from fund.
Section 24-10A-8 - Funding program; control of expenditures.
Section 24-10A-9 - Funding program; inspection by the bureau.