New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS
Part 12 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACUTE CARE, LIMITED SERVICES AND SPECIAL HOSPITALS
Section 8.370.12.39 - SOCIAL WORK SERVICES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Organized service. If the healthcare system provides social work services there should be corresponding written policies and procedures governing the scope and provision of services. If the system does not have employed providers for social work services, then they must be obtained via consultation with outside sources.
B. Personnel.
C. Service: The social work services shall be integrated with other services of the hospital. Staff shall participate, as appropriate, in patient rounds, medical staff seminars, nursing staff conferences, and in conferences with individual physicians, nurses, and other personnel concerned with the care of a patient and the patient's family.
D. Functions: Social work services shall address the psychosocial needs of the patients, their families and others designated by the patient as these relate to health care. Services shall be clearly documented in the record.
E. Environment: The facilities or social work services staff shall provide privacy interviews with patients, their family members and others designated by the patients.
F. Quality improvement: The service shall be part of the hospital's performance improvement program.