N.M. Admin. Code § 8.371.2.88

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

Section 8.371.2.88 - PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

The facility must:

A. provide psychological services through personal contact between psychologists and clients and through contact between psychologists and individuals involved with the clients;

B. have available enough qualified staff and support personnel to furnish the following psychological services based on need:

(1) administration and supervision of psychological services;

(2) staff training.

C. a qualified psychologist must:

(1) participate, when appropriate, in the continuing interdisciplinary evaluation of each individual client for the purpose of beginning, monitoring and following-up on the clients individualized habilitation program.

(2) report and disseminate evaluation results in a manner that:

(a) promptly provides information useful to staff working directly with the clients;

(b) maintains accepted standards of confidentiality.

(3) participate, when appropriate, in the development of written detailed, specific and individualized habilitation program that:

(a) provide for periodic review, follow-up and updating;

(b) are designated to maximize each client's development and acquisition of perceptual skills, sensorimotor skills, self-help skills, communication skills, social skills,self-direction, emotional stability, and effective use of time, including leisure time.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.371.2.88

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