New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 106 - STATE FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Part 420 - RECIPIENT POLICIES - REQUIREMENTS FOR DETERMINING DISABILITY
Section 8.106.420.9 - VERIFYING IMPAIRMENT(S)
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.106.420.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. General: The nature of the physical and mental impairment(s) must be verified by a medical or mental health diagnosis from an acceptable medical source and supported by current medical evidence based on acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques.
B. Evaluation of report(s): Reports shall be reviewed for completeness and detail sufficient to identify the limiting effects of impairment(s), probable duration of the impairment(s), and capacity to perform work-related activities.
(1) Anatomical and physiological reports
shall be reviewed for a description of the medical history, clinical findings,
laboratory findings, diagnosis, prescribed treatment and prognosis, and to
identify the applicant's ability to sit, stand, move, lift, carry, handle
objects, hear, speak and travel.
(2) Psychological assessments shall be
reviewed for a description of the applicant's behavior, affect, orientation,
capacity for appropriate decision-making, response to stress, cognitive
function (awareness, memory and intellectual capacity), contact with reality
and need for occupational, personal and social adjustment(s).
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