As used in the Impaired Pharmacists Act: A. 'board' means the New Mexico board of pharmacy; B. 'board-approved intervenors' means persons trained to intervention and designated by the board to implement the intervention process when necessary; C. 'committee' means a committee appointed by the board to formulate and administer the impaired pharmacists program; D. 'impaired pharmacist' means a pharmacist who is unable to practice pharmacy with reasonable skill, competency or safety to the public because of substance abuse, mental illness, the aging process or loss of motor skills; E. 'impaired pharmacist program' means a plan approved by the board for treatment and rehabilitation of an impaired pharmacist; F. 'intervention' means a process whereby an alleged impaired pharmacist is confronted by the board or board-approved intervenors who provide documentation that a problem exists and attempt to convince the pharmacist to seek evaluation and treatment; G. 'rehabilitation' means the process whereby an impaired pharmacist advances in an impaired pharmacists program to an optimal level of competence to practice pharmacy without endangering the public; and H. abilitation' means the process whereby an impaired pharmacist advances in an impaired pharmacists program to an optimal level of competence to practice pharmacy without endangering the public; and H. 'verification' means a process whereby alleged professional impairment is identified or established. History: Laws 1987, ch. 284, § 2.
New Mexico Legal Code