New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 371 - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Part 4 - CLIENT COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
Section 8.371.4.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.371.4.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. "Client" means a person with developmental disabilities who is receiving supports and services for individuals with developmental disabilities by a service provider certified by or funded in whole or in part with state funds administered by the authority through contracts or agreements.

B. "Complainant" means a client or their legal guardian who files a complaint pursuant to this regulation.

C. "Days" means calendar days.

D. "Developmental disabilities" means a severe chronic disability of a person that:

(1) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment, including the result from trauma to the brain, or a combination of mental and physical impairments;

(2) is manifest before the person reaches the age 22 years;

(3) is expected to continue indefinitely;

(4) results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(a) self-care;

(b) receptive and expressive language;

(c) learning;

(d) mobility;

(e) self-direction;

(f) capacity of independent living; and

(g) economic self-sufficiency.

E. "Director" means the director, developmental disabilities division or the director's designee.

F. "Division" means the developmental disabilities division of the authority.

G. "Emergency" means a circumstance in which the health or safety of the client or another person is in immediate and serious jeopardy and must be protected immediately to stop or prevent harm.

H. "Facilities" means institutions operated by the authority.

I. "Guardian" means the parent of an individual with developmental disabilities if the client is a minor or a legal guardian appointed or recognized pursuant to the Uniform Probate Code, Section 45-5-101. et. Seq. NMSA 1978 (1993 Repl.).

J. "Office" means the office of quality assurance or a regional office within the developmental disabilities division.

K. "Plan" means the individual service plan for services, treatment or habilitation developed by the interdisciplinary team.

L. "Service provider" means a private entity that has entered into a contact or provider agreement with the authority or that is certified by the authority for the purpose of providing supports and services to individuals with developmental disabilities. When the context requires, the service provider means the executive director or administrator having authority to bind the service provider. Service provider does not include facilities operated by the authority.

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