N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-50-3
§ 30-50-3. Definitions
As used in the Fraudulent Telemarketing Act [30-50-1 NMSA 1978]:
A.
"telemarketing" means:
(1)
being employed by or associating with any company, organization, sole proprietorship or economic
venture that uses the telephone on a regular basis as a primary instrument to obtain money from the people to
whom information is transmitted by telephone communication; or
(2)
representing oneself to a person from whom money is requested as being associated with any company,
organization, sole proprietorship or economic venture that can be reasonably understood as using the telephone
on a regular basis as a primary instrument to obtain money from the people to whom information is transmitted
by telephone communication; and
B.
"telephone communication" means any communication by words, fax, computer modem, video or other type of
transmission that is carried in whole or in part through the local, long distance or cellular telephone
network.
