New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 8 - RESIDENTIAL HEALTH FACILITIES
Part 3 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING RESIDENTIAL SHELTER CARE FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN
Section 7.8.3.101 - MEDICAL CARE IN COMMUNITY HOMES

A. A facility licensed pursuant to these regulations arranges for a general medical examination by a physician for each child in care within 90 calendar days of admission unless the child has received such an examination within 12 months before admission and the results of the examination are available to the facility.

B. The facility arranges to secure timely and medically appropriate treatment for any condition discovered by the medical examination.

C. The facility arranges periodic medical examination of all children at intervals recommended by the physician.

D. The facility ensures that children receive timely, competent medical care when they are ill and that they continue to receive necessary follow-up medical care.

E. The facility arranges to secure any necessary dental care.

F. Each child more than three years of age has an annual dental examination.

G. Each facility has a first aid kit and first aid manuals readily accessible to the staff and secure from the children.

H. The first aid kit contains, at a minimum, band aids, gauze pads, adhesive tape, scissors, soap, and syrup of Ipecac, gloves and a thermometer.

I. In case of accidental poisoning, the facility immediately contacts the Poison Control Center and its directions are followed.

J. Syrup of Ipecac is not given to any child without first contacting the Poison Control Center.

K. A facility will treat blood spills cautiously and promptly disinfect the area. Staff members will wear non-porous, single-use gloves when handling a blood spill, bloody diarrhea, bloody nose, or any other blood. A facility will clean contaminated surfaces first with hot soapy water then with a disinfecting solution effective against HIV and Hepatitis B.