New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 9 - HUMAN RIGHTS
Chapter 2 - AGE
Part 23 - PATIENT CARE MONITORING IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
Section 9.2.23.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The following terms are used in this rule:
A. "department" means the aging and long-term services department;
B. "facility" means a long-term care facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978, other than an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, and may also include:
C. "monitoring device" means a surveillance instrument that broadcasts or records activity, but does not include a still camera;
D. "patient" means a person who is a resident of a facility;
E. "program" means the New Mexico long-term care ombudsman program;
F. "roommate" means a patient who shares a room in a facility with a patient who has chosen, or whose surrogate has chosen, to install and use a monitoring device; and
G. "surrogate" means a legal guardian or a legally appointed substitute decision-maker who is authorized to act on behalf of a patient.
