N.M. Code R. § 7.20.11.31

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 16, August 27, 2024

Section 7.20.11.31 - JCAHO ACCREDITED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SERVICES

Residential treatment services programs that are accredited by JCAHO comply with the general provisions and residential treatment services sections of these requirements, and the following standards:

A. The agency provides services, care, and supervision at all times, including maintenance of a minimum staff-to-child ratio of one to five during the day and evening shifts and one awake staff to ten clients during the night shift. Additional staff is provided when warranted by client acuity or other conditions.

B. A physical examination is completed by a licensed independent medical practitioner within one week of admission, and includes medical history, physical examination, assessment of pain, motor and sensorimotor functioning, speech, hearing, and language functioning, vision, immunizations, oral health, history of psychotropic medication use, and, when indicated an AIMS test. If a comprehensive medical history and physical examination have been completed within 30 days before admission, a durable, legible copy of this report may be used in the clinical record as a physical examination, but any subsequent changes must be recorded at the time of admission.

C. The agency evaluates the need for the following assessments, and when such assessments are indicated, they are completed in a thorough and timely manner: psychological, psychiatric, educational, vocational, legal, nutritional, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse.

D. The agency has a written plan to provide all necessary medical histories, physical examinations, and laboratory tests that the agency does not directly provide.

E. Infection control

(1) The agency has a comprehensive and functioning infection-control program based on proven epidemiological methods for surveillance and prevention of adverse outcomes related to infection.

(2) The agency uses preventive processes such as universal precautions to reduce risks for endemic and epidemic infections in clients and staff.

(3) Infection control policies, procedures, and practices include surveillance, identification, and control of infection, and required reporting to staff and public health authorities.

(4) A current certification stating that the employee is free from tuberculosis in a transmissible form, obtained prior to the first date of direct service.

N.M. Code R. § 7.20.11.31

7.20.11.31 NMAC - Rp 7 NMAC 20.11.30, 03/29/02; A, 10/29/04