New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 371 - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Part 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED
Section 8.371.2.85 - DENTAL SERVICES

(1) The facility must provide each client with comprehensive diagnostic dental services that include a complete extraoral and intraoral examination using all diagnostic aids necessary to properly evaluate the client's oral condition, not later than one month after a client's admission to the facility unless they received the examination within six months before admission.

(2) The facility must review the results of the examination and enter them in the client's record.

(1) provision for emergency dental treatment on a 24 hour a day basis by a qualified dentist;

(2) a system that assures that each client is reexamined as needed but at least once a year.

(1) a dental hygiene program that informs clients and all staff on nutrition and diet control measures, and clients and living unit staff on proper oral hygiene methods;

(2) instruction of parents or guardians in the maintenance of proper oral hygiene in appropriate instances, for example when the client leaves the facility.