N.M. Admin. Code § 8.371.2.79

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 8.371.2.79 - GROUPING AND ORGANIZATION OF LIVING UNITS

A. A facility licensed pursuant to these regulations may not house clients of grossly different ages, developmental levels, and social needs in close physical or social proximity unless the housing is planned to promote the growth and development of all those housed together.

B. The facility may not segregate clients on the basis of their physical handicaps. It must integrate residents who are mobile, nonambulatory, deaf, blind, epileptic, and so forth with others of comparable social and intellectual development.

C. Individual living units may not be located within 150 feet of each other.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.371.2.79

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