New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS
Part 15 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARDING HOMES
Section 8.370.15.36 - RESIDENT ACCEPTANCE AND RETENTION LIMITATIONS
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.370.15.36
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Acceptable criteria for admission:
(1) Residents are accepted who because of
diminished mental or physical capacity find it difficult to care for themselves
in their own residence and choose to arrange for food, shelter, oversight and
limited services such as laundry and transportation from a boarding
home.
(2) Although unable to live
independently and in need of some protective living accommodations, residents
of a boarding home must be able to perform activities of daily living without
assistance.
(3) Individuals seeking
assistance with instrumental activities of daily living or assistance with
accessing or the coordination of community services who may have been
discharged from any mental or behavioral health care institution.
(4) Individuals who may have a primary
diagnosis of developmental disability and receive home and community-based
medicaid waiver services, may be accepted when the interdisciplinary team (IDT)
and guardian and individual agree that the boarding home is an appropriate
placement in the community.
B. Individuals who meet the following criteria shall not be admitted to or retained in boarding homes:
(1) Persons who require more care and
supervision than is provided by the boarding home.
(2) Persons who require nursing care, or who
are not ambulatory.
(3) Persons
with dementia or related disorders causing memory impairment.
(4) Persons whose physician has prescribed a
therapeutic diet if those dietary requirements cannot be met.
(5) Persons who have needs that are in
conflict with the needs of other residents or the program of services
offered.
(6) Persons who currently
require acute inpatient psychiatric care due to a mental disorder.
(7) Persons who require inpatient care in a
health facility.
(8) Persons who
are unable to care for themselves and would be at risk if left alone.
(9) Persons who require services that the
boarding home does not provide or make available.
(10) Persons who are actively being
destructive of property, self-destructive, disturbing or abusive to others, or
suicidal or in need of acute inpatient psychiatric services.
C. Resident retention limitations: Residents whose behavior exceed their resident safety plan and are referred to a higher level of care may be retained and return to their residency at the boarding home upon medical or behavioral stabilization according to their discharge plan and in accordance with their admission agreement.
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