HB 439
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AN ACT
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICINE; REQUIRING PUBLIC SAFETY
TELEPHONE LINE TELECOMMUNICATORS TO BE TRAINED IN
HIGH-QUALITY TELECOMMUNICATOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 29-7C-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
Chapter 320, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
"29-7C-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Public Safety
Telecommunicator Training Act:
A. "board" means the law enforcement certification
board;
B. "certified" means meeting the training
standards established by statute and rule as determined by
the board;
C. "council" means the New Mexico law enforcement
standards and training council;
D. "director" means the director of the New Mexico
law enforcement academy;
E. "dispatch" means the relay of information to
public safety personnel by all forms of communication;
F. "high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary
resuscitation" means the instructions that a telecommunicator
provides to a bystander of a cardiac emergency on how to
perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation; HB 439
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G. "safety agency" means a unit of state or local
government, a special purpose district or a private business
that provides police, firefighting or emergency medical
services; and
H. "telecommunicator" means an employee or
volunteer of a safety agency who:
(1) receives calls or dispatches the
appropriate personnel or equipment in response to calls for
police, fire or medical services; and
(2) makes decisions affecting the life,
health or welfare of the public or safety employees."
SECTION 2. Section 29-7C-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
2022, Chapter 56, Section 19) is amended to read:
"29-7C-4.1. PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR
TRAINING.--The curriculum of each basic telecommunicator
training class and in-service training each year for
telecommunicators shall include:
A. crisis management and intervention;
B. dealing with individuals who are experiencing
mental health issues;
C. methods of de-escalation;
D. peer-to-peer intervention;
E. stress management;
F. racial sensitivity;
G. reality-based situational training; and HB 439
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H. high-quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary
resuscitation using the most current nationally recognized
emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. Training on high-
quality telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall
include instruction on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
protocols and compression-only cardiopulmonary
resuscitation."