N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.15.36

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 8.370.15.36 - RESIDENT ACCEPTANCE AND RETENTION LIMITATIONS

A. Acceptable criteria for admission:

(1) Residents are accepted who because of diminished mental or physical capacity find it difficult to care for themselves in their own residence and choose to arrange for food, shelter, oversight and limited services such as laundry and transportation from a boarding home.

(2) Although unable to live independently and in need of some protective living accommodations, residents of a boarding home must be able to perform activities of daily living without assistance.

(3) Individuals seeking assistance with instrumental activities of daily living or assistance with accessing or the coordination of community services who may have been discharged from any mental or behavioral health care institution.

(4) Individuals who may have a primary diagnosis of developmental disability and receive home and community-based medicaid waiver services, may be accepted when the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and guardian and individual agree that the boarding home is an appropriate placement in the community.

B. Individuals who meet the following criteria shall not be admitted to or retained in boarding homes:

(1) Persons who require more care and supervision than is provided by the boarding home.

(2) Persons who require nursing care, or who are not ambulatory.

(3) Persons with dementia or related disorders causing memory impairment.

(4) Persons whose physician has prescribed a therapeutic diet if those dietary requirements cannot be met.

(5) Persons who have needs that are in conflict with the needs of other residents or the program of services offered.

(6) Persons who currently require acute inpatient psychiatric care due to a mental disorder.

(7) Persons who require inpatient care in a health facility.

(8) Persons who are unable to care for themselves and would be at risk if left alone.

(9) Persons who require services that the boarding home does not provide or make available.

(10) Persons who are actively being destructive of property, self-destructive, disturbing or abusive to others, or suicidal or in need of acute inpatient psychiatric services.

C. Resident retention limitations: Residents whose behavior exceed their resident safety plan and are referred to a higher level of care may be retained and return to their residency at the boarding home upon medical or behavioral stabilization according to their discharge plan and in accordance with their admission agreement.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.15.36

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