Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Upon
approval of a New Mexico MAD PPA by MAD or its designee, local education
agencies (LEAs), regional educational cooperatives (RECs), and other
state-funded educational agencies (SFEAs) that meet specified requirements are
eligible to be reimbursed for furnishing services to an eligible recipient. The
LEA, REC, or other SFEA must enter into a governmental services agreement (GSA)
with HSD and abide by the terms and conditions of it.
B. The following individual service providers
must be employed by, or under contract to, the LEA, REC, or other SFEA when
furnishing treatment and meet other specified qualification criteria:
(1) physical therapists (PT);
(2) physical therapy assistants working under
the supervision of a MAD enrolled PT;
(3) occupational therapists (OT);
(4) occupational therapy assistants working
under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed occupational
therapist;
(5) speech and language
pathologists (SLP) and clinical fellows;
(6) apprentices in speech-language (ASL)
working under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed speech therapist;
supervision for those providers listed in Paragraphs (1)-(6) above must adhere
to the requirements of the practitioner's applicable licensing board;
(7) audiologists;
(8) licensed nutritionists or registered
dieticians;
(9) case managers
meeting one of the following requirements:
(a)
bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, nursing or a related
health or social services field from an accredited institution;
(b) one year experience serving
medically-at-risk children or adolescents; or
(c) a licensed registered (RN).
(10) psychologists meeting one of
the following requirements:
(a) psychologists
(Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.); or
(b)
master's level practitioners licensed by the New Mexico psychologist examiners
board as psychologist associates or licensed by PED as school psychologists and
working under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed psychiatrist or a
licensed psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.) or a PED level 3 independent
school psychologist, as applicable;
(c) supervision of psychologist associates
and school psychologists must adhere to the requirements of the practitioner's
applicable licensing board.
(11) social work practitioners meeting one of
the following requirements:
(a) licensed
independent social worker (LISW); or
(b) licensed master social worker (LMSW) or
licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW) and working under the supervision
of a MAD enrolled licensed independent social worker (LISW) or licensed
psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D., Ed.D.) or other supervisor approved by the New
Mexico board of social work examiners;
(i)
services provided by licensed master social workers (LMSW) and licensed
baccalaureate social workers (LBSW) must be within the scope of their practice
respectively and supervised and periodically evaluated;
(ii) an eligible recipient receiving services
from an LMSW or LBSW must be diagnosed by the practitioner's supervisor; the
diagnosis must be documented in the MAP eligible recipient's record with the
signature of the supervisor.
(12) licensed counselors or therapists
meeting one of the following requirements:
(a)
licensed professional clinical mental health counselor (LPCC); or
(b) licensed marriage and family therapist
(LMFT); or
(c) licensed mental
health counselor (LMHC) or licensed professional mental health counselor (LPC)
and working under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed psychiatrist, a
licensed psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.), licensed professional clinical
mental health counselor (LPCC), licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT),
or licensed independent social worker (LISW);
(i) supervision of licensed mental health
counselors (LMHC) and licensed professional mental health counselors (LPC) must
adhere to the requirements of the practitioner's applicable licensing
board;
(ii) an eligible recipient
receiving services from a LMHC or LPC must be diagnosed by the practitioner's
supervisor; the diagnosis must be documented in the eligible recipient's record
with the signature of the supervisor.
(d) licensed associate marriage and family
therapist (LAMFT); supervision of LAMFTs must adhere to the requirements of the
practitioner's applicable licensing board;
(13) licensed psychiatric clinical nurse
specialist (CNS);
(14) physicians
and psychiatrists licensed by the board of medical examiners; or
(15) registered nurse (RN), licensed
practical nurse (LPN) or unlicensed school personnel providing delegated
nursing services in accordance with the New Mexico board of nursing under the
supervision of a RN. Delegated nursing services must be delivered in accordance
with Subsection B of
16.12.2.12
NMAC.
C. For a LEA, REC,
or other SFEA that employs a RN or a licensed practical nurse (LPN) not as a
case worker, each is under the oversight of the department of health's (DOH)
district health officer, as provided by state statue (Section
24-1-4
NMSA 1978). A LPN must work under the supervision of a RN who is a PED licensed
school nurse.
D. As applicable,
each provider must be licensed by the public education department (PED) when
such licensure exists.
E. As
applicable, each provider must be licensed by its specific regulation and
licensing division (RLD)'s board of practice or by PED.
