N.M. Admin. Code § 8.321.9.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024

Section 8.321.9.7 - DEFINITIONS

A."Client" means an individual or family requesting or receiving services.

B."Contractor" means an entity under contract with the authority to provide substance abuse prevention, treatment, screening or assessment services.

C."Director" means the director of the behavioral health services division/substance abuse of the New Mexico health care authority.

D."Division" means the behavioral health services division of the New Mexico health care authority.

E."Division funding" means funding from state and/ or federal sources that is available through the behavioral health services division of the New Mexico health care authority for the provision of substance abuse services.

F."Governing body" means the group of individuals vested with an organization's policy-making authority for the management of that organization.

G."Offeror" means an entity who submits a response to a request for proposals solicited by the division.

H."Secretary" means the secretary of the New Mexico health care authority.

I."Standards" means those policies and procedures stipulated in such regulations as may be amended or adopted by the authority.

J."Substance abuse" means the use of one or more drugs, including alcohol, which significantly and negatively impacts one or more major areas of life functioning.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.321.9.7

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, June 25, 2024, eff. 7/1/2024