New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS
Section 7.27.13.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases used in these regulations shall have the meanings indicated.
A. "Accredited" means a process of validation by the joint commission or any other nationally recognized accrediting body recognized by the department.
B. "Accrediting body" means an independent, not-for-profit entity, recognized nationally and by the DOH, that evaluates hospitals for, and addresses crucial elements in, operations regarding patient care and related aspects.
C. "Acute care hospital" means a facility with an emergency department and physicians(s) available, licensed under state statute, or a comparable facility operated by the federal government or located and licensed by another state.
D. "Bureau" means the emergency medical systems bureau of the epidemiology and response division of the New Mexico department of health.
E. "Certified" means a formal determination by the department that an acute care facility has met the standards necessary for joint commission or any other nationally recognized accrediting body accreditation, including functioning in a stroke care system, and capable of providing special resources and care as an acute stroke capable, primary, or comprehensive center.
F. "Department (DOH)" means the New Mexico department of health.
G. "Emergency Medical Service (EMS)" means the services rendered by licensed emergency medical technicians, emergency medical services first responders or emergency medical dispatchers in response to a person's need for immediate medical care to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physical or psychological illness or injury.
H. "Recognized" means written acknowledgement by the bureau.
I. "Registry" means a bureau approved database which documents and integrates medical and system information related to the provision of stroke care by acute care hospital facilities.
J. "Stroke" is a term that broadly describes the death of central nervous system cells and tissues attributed to an insufficient supply of blood to the central nervous system. It includes conditions caused by ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
K. "Stroke center" means an acute care hospital with a group of medical caregivers that have specific education and resources to diagnose and treat stroke; three levels of stroke centers - acute stroke capable, primary, and comprehensive - are accredited by the joint commission or any other nationally recognized accrediting body based on the capability of stroke care by the acute care hospital.
