N.M. Code R. § 9.2.23.7 - DEFINITIONS

The following terms are used in this rule:

A. "department" means the aging and long-term services department;

B. "facility" means a long-term care facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978, other than an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, and may also include:

(1) a skilled nursing facility;

(2) an intermediate care nursing facility;

(3) a nursing facility;

(4) an adult residential shelter care home;

(5) a boarding home;

(6) any adult care home or adult residential care facility; and

(7) any swing bed in an acute care facility or extended care facility;

C. "monitoring device" means a surveillance instrument that broadcasts or records activity, but does not include a still camera;

D. "patient" means a person who is a resident of a facility;

E. "program" means the New Mexico long-term care ombudsman program;

F. "roommate" means a patient who shares a room in a facility with a patient who has chosen, or whose surrogate has chosen, to install and use a monitoring device; and

G. "surrogate" means a legal guardian or a legally appointed substitute decision-maker who is authorized to act on behalf of a patient.

Notes

N.M. Code R. § 9.2.23.7

9.2.23.7 NMAC - N, 7/15/04