N.M. Admin. Code § 7.8.3.10

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 7.8.3.10 - LICENSING CATEGORIES

A. Children's Crisis Shelter: Any facility which provides short term (usually less than 90 days) emergency living accommodations to children in a crisis situation such as abandonment, abuse, neglect or runaway. A Children's Crisis Shelter provides services on a twenty-four hour a day basis and is not limited as to total capacity. Children's records required for a Children's Crisis Shelter:

(1) Personal Information: Full name; Date of birth; Name address and telephone number of parents or legal guardian.

(2) Circumstances concerning the admission.

(3) Any condition which may require medical attention noticed at time of admission.

(4) Documentation as to efforts to obtain information not available at time of admission of the child.

(5) Admission Agreement.

B. Multi Service Home: Any facility that provides residential care to children who have been referred by other agencies or parents because of abuse, neglect, delinquency, substance abuse, or other problems. The facility provides supervision and direction in daily activities, and other services such as but not limited to individual and family counseling, case management, parenting, and volunteer services. Children's records required for a Multi Service Home:

(1) Personal Information:

(a) Full Name.

(b) Social Security Number.

(c) Name, address and telephone number of parents or guardian.

(d) Documentation of the current legal status of the child.

(2) Medical Information:

(a) Any condition requiring medical attention.

(b) Physical.

(c) Immunization Records.

(3) Treatment plan.

(4) Educational information.

(5) Admission Agreement.

C. New or Innovative Programs: Professional organizations which have demonstrated a need for new or innovative services for residential shelter care for not more than sixteen (16) children on a twenty-four hour basis which does not fit into one of the above categories may be licensed at the sole discretion of the Licensing Authority, if all requirements are met.

(1) Children's records required for New Or Innovative Programs:

(a) Personal information:

(i) Full name.

(ii) Date of birth.

(iii) Social Security Number.

(iv) Name, address, and phone number of parents or legal guardian

(b) Medical information:

(i) Any condition requiring medical attention.

(ii) Any required medications.

(iii) Physical evaluation.

(iv) Immunization Record.

(c) Educational Information.

(d) Admission Agreement.

(e) Other records may be necessary based on the services needed by the children to be cared for in the facility requesting license under the category of New or Innovative Programs. These will be determined by the Licensing Authority prior to issuance of initial license.

D. Location of Children's Records: When an agency has multiple Residential Shelter Care Facilities for Children located within the same city or town the primary record may be kept in a central office location, however, each facility must have the following information on file for each child in care.

(1) Full name.

(2) Age.

(3) Name address and phone number of person to contact in case of emergency.

(4) Name address and phone number of physician or medical facility to contact in case of emergency.

(5) Any special problems or medical condition that the child may have.

(6) Medications and dosage if applicable.

N.M. Admin. Code § 7.8.3.10

7.8.3.10 NMAC - N, 05/15/01