New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 20 - MENTAL HEALTH
Part 12 - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES
Section 7.20.12.21 - CURRENTLY LICENSED FACILITIES
Universal Citation: 7 NM Admin Code 7.20.12.21
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Any facility currently licensed on the date these regulations are promulgated and which provides the services prescribed under these regulations, but which fails to meet all building requirements, may, at the discretion of the LCA, continue to be licensed as a residential facility.
B. Variances may be granted for those building requirements the facility cannot meet, provided:
(1) the variances granted will not create a
hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the clients and staff or otherwise
deny access to any disabled person who is otherwise qualified to receive
services from the facility; and
(2)
the building requirements for which variances are granted cannot be corrected
without an unreasonable expense to the facility; and
(3) variances are not in conflict with
existing building and fire codes; and
(4) variances granted are recorded and made a
permanent part of the facility file; and
(5) variances granted continue to be in
effect as long as the facility continues to provide services pursuant to these
regulations and meet the criteria of Subsection A of 7.20.12.21 NMAC above;
these variances are not transferred to a different facility or
transferred/assigned upon the sale of the facility.
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