New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico SB164: TRANSFER AMBULANCE STANDARDS TO DOH
Status: In committee, January 28, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to emergency medical services; transferring from the department of transportation to the department of health responsibility for administering and enforcing the ambulance standards act, including establishing standards, requirements, tariffs, terms of service and service territories, promulgating rules, accepting applications and issuing certificates for ambulance services; creating the ambulance certification program; providing for objections, protests and public hearings…
From the introduced text, January 27, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; TRANSFERRING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING AND ENFORCING THE AMBULANCE STANDARDS ACT, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING STANDARDS, REQUIREMENTS, TARIFFS, TERMS OF SERVICE AND SERVICE TERRITORIES, PROMULGATING RULES, ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND ISSUING CERTIFICATES FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES; CREATING THE AMBULANCE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR OBJECTIONS, PROTESTS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS; PROVIDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ACCESS TO CERTIFIED AMBULANCE SERVICE RECORDS AND THE POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT AND SUBPOENA; TRANSFERRING PERSONNEL, FUNCTIONS, MONEY, APPROPRIATIONS, OTHER PROPERTY AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS; RECOMPILING THE AMBULANCE STANDARDS ACT AND CHANGING REFERENCES IN LAW; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. .232698.4 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. Section 5-1-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 167, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: "5-1-1. POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS--AMBULANCE SERVICE.-- A. A municipality or county may: (1) provide ambulance service to transport sick or injured persons to a place of treatment in the absence of an established ambulance service only as authorized by the department of [transportation] health; (2) contract with other political subdivisions or with private ambulance services for the operation of its ambulance service; (3) lease ambulances and other equipment necessary to the operation of its ambulance service; (4) in the course …