New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 20 - MENTAL HEALTH
Part 11 - CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Section 7.20.11.21 - LEGAL, REGULATORY, AND ACCREDITATION COMPLIANCE FOR PROGRAM OPERATION, INCLUDING HEALTH, SAFETY AND PHYSICAL PLANT REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 7 NM Admin Code 7.20.11.21
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The agency promotes and protects the health and safety of its clients, demonstrates compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, adheres to the requirements of its accrediting bodies, if any, and possesses all applicable licenses required by law and departmental policy.
(1) License(s) required: The agency possesses
a license(s) and complies with applicable licensing requirements for each
service required by state and local law and departmental regulation including,
but not limited to the following:
(a) Each
treatment foster care child placement agency is licensed by the protective
services division of the department as a child placement agency.
(b) All residential facilities are licensed
by the department. Each maintains a separate license.
(c) Day treatment services are licensed as
day treatment centers by the department. Each day treatment services facility
maintains a separate license. Exception: day treatment services provided in a
public school facility do not require licensure by the department.
(2) Residential treatment services
and group home services are certified only when provided in a facility licensed
by the LCA for 16 beds or fewer per unit.
B. An agency accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the LCA complies with the current requirements of the accrediting organization. The accrediting organizations recognized by the LCA are:
(1) Council on accreditation for
children and family services (COA);
(2) Joint commission on accreditation of
healthcare organizations (JCAHO); and
(3) Council on accreditation of
rehabilitation facilities (CARF).
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