New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS
Part 18 - REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES PROVIDING OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND INFIRMARIES
Section 8.370.18.9 - TYPES OF FACILITIES AND SCOPE OF SERVICES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Ambulatory surgical center: means any distinct entity that operates exclusively for the purpose of providing surgical services without anticipation of overnight stay of patients. This type of facility may be integrated with the surgical department of an existing hospital and its outpatient department utilizing many of their services and resources. Those facilities which are freestanding may provide some services such as specialized diagnostic and laboratory by agreement or contract with another health care provider.
B. Diagnostic and treatment center: means a facility which provides a service to the public on an outpatient basis for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions not requiring hospitalization. Services provided are those diagnostic and therapeutic services commonly furnished in a physician's office or at the entry point into the health care delivery system. These include medical history, physical examination, assessment of health status and treatment for a variety of medical conditions.
C. Limited diagnostic and treatment center: means a facility which provides on an outpatient basis a limited scope of services. This type of facility provides services usually in only one or two areas of preventive health, such as family planning, hypertension, child health, prenatal, dental health etc; their services rely heavily on consultation, referral and counseling. Because of their limited scope of services and amounts of medical supplies and equipment less stringent standards in building and fire codes are permitted.
D. Rural health clinic: means a facility which provides services to the public in a rural area where there is a limited population and a shortage of physicians and other health care providers. Services are the same as those of a diagnostic and treatment center which are normally provided by a physician, but in a rural health clinic may be provided by a nurse practitioner or a physician's assistant. Facilities licensed as a rural health clinic must be located in a geographic area in which it has been determined by the New Mexico health care authority or federal government, through the use of indices and other standards set by them, that a shortage of physicians and health care personnel exist to provide primary health care to the citizens of that area.
E. Infirmary: is a short term emergency medical and nursing care facility of an educational institution which in conjunction with providing diagnostic and treatment services to the members, has on a continuing 24-hour basis, inpatient facilities and resources for short-term emergency medical and nursing care.
F. New or innovative clinic: When a professional organization has shown a need for a new or innovative type of outpatient service which does not fit into one of the categories of Subsections A through E of 8.370.18.9 NMAC of these regulations, it may be licensed at the sole discretion of the licensing authority, if all requirements outlined in 8.370.18.10 NMAC below have been met.
