New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 14 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
Part 16 - HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRAINING PLAN
Section 8.14.16.24 - CONTACT WITH CURRENT AND FORMER JJS CLIENTS AND FAMILIES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. JJS staff will not show partiality toward, or become emotionally, physically, sexually, or financially involved with clients, former clients or the families of clients or former clients.
B. Chaplains, psychologists and psychiatrists may continue a previously established therapeutic relationship with a former client in accordance with their respective codes of professional conduct and responsibility.
C. JJS staff may not engage in, or allow another person to engage in sexual or sexualized behavior (gestures, demonstrations, etc.) with a client. Regardless of whether force is used or threatened, consensual sex between staff and clients or staff and client family members is never allowed.
D. JJS staff are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination for any inappropriate contact or relationship with clients or the families of clients, regardless of whether such contact constitutes a prosecutable crime. Physical contact is not required to subject an employee to sanctions for sexual misconduct.
