New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 321 - SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Part 8 - ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE SERVICES
Section 8.321.8.6 - OBJECTIVE

To establish minimum standards for admission criteria, policies and procedures for agencies providing substance abuse services. These standards are designed to ensure that each agency that receives funding from the division to provide substance abuse services has in place policies and procedures regarding admissions that ensure nondiscrimination, confidentiality, open accessibility to those policies, proper screening and assessment to match the client to the appropriate service(s), maintenance of a waiting list, a consistent intake procedure, provision of an orientation, development and maintenance of a treatment plan, and appropriate referrals. These standards also establish the basic procedure which must be followed once it has been determined that it is appropriate to admit a client under one of the following circumstances: admission to a substance abuse treatment facility of an adult found able to consent; admission to a substance abuse treatment facility of an adult found not able to consent; admission to a substance abuse treatment facility of a minor; and necessity for the provision of emergency services.