New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 321 - SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › Part 8 - ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE SERVICES › Section 8.321.8.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Admission"
means the agency's acceptance of a client for the
				purpose of providing services on a scheduled basis in accordance with a client
				treatment plan.
B.
"Adult"
means an individual who has attained the age of eighteen
				years.
C.
"Advocate"
means any individual, group or organization who pleads another's
				cause.
D.
"Agency"
means a provider of substance abuse treatment, screening or assessment services
				receiving funds under contract with the New Mexico health care
				authority.
E.
"Assessment"
means the initial and on-going process of appraising
				the client's strengths, deficits and areas of need for purposes of developing a
				comprehensive client treatment plan.
F.
"Client"
means an individual
				or family requesting or receiving services.
G.
"Intake"
means the gathering
				of administrative and clinical data which is used for the screening, admitting
				and initial treatment of a client.
H.
"Medical detoxification"
means medically supervised 24 hour care for patients who require
				hospitalization for treatment of acute intoxication or withdrawal, or a
				combination of substance abuse/addiction, and other medical conditions which
				together warrant treatment in this type of setting. Length of stay varies
				depending on the severity of the disease and withdrawal symptoms.
I.
"Minor"
means an individual
				under the age of 18 years.
J.
"Outpatient services"
means diagnostic and treatment services to
				clients who will be served, in accordance with a client treatment plan,
				intermittently or on a scheduled basis in a non-residential setting.
				Intervention strategies are aimed at reducing the harm to individuals, families
				and communities due to the use of alcohol and other substances.
K.
"Policy"
means a statement of
				principles that guide and determine present and future decisions.
L.
"Procedure"
means a series of
				activities designed to implement program goals or policy.
M.
"Residential longterm
				rehabilitation"
means a 24 hour residential treatment program for the
				chronic alcohol or drug dependent client who lacks an adequate social support
				system. This program provides multi disciplinary treatment designed to achieve
				a substance-free lifestyle, explore effective ways of functioning in a work
				setting within the family, and in the community in accordance with the
				treatment plan.
N.
"Residential shortterm rehabilitation"
means a 24 hour intensive
				residential program for clients who require treatment services in a highly
				structured setting. An organized counseling and education curriculum ordinarily
				involving a residential stay of 30 day or less. This type of program is
				appropriate for clients who need concentrated, therapeutic services prior to
				community residence, and who do not require monitoring of physical withdrawal
				from alcohol or other drugs.
O.
"Residential social detoxification"
means a medically supported 24
				hour, social rehabilitation residential program which provides physical care,
				education and counseling as appropriate for the client's health and safety
				during their process of physical withdrawal from alcohol dependency. Social
				detoxification provides access into care and treatment of alcoholism through
				monitored withdrawal, evaluation of present or potential alcohol dependency and
				other physical ailments, and intervention into the progression of the disease
				through timely utilization of resources. Length of stay in a social
				detoxification program varies from three to seven days depending on the
				severity of the disease and withdrawal symptoms.
P.
"Screening"
means the method
				by which the agency selects appropriate clients for admission or referral to
				other appropriate services.
Q.
"Substance abuse"
means the use of one or more drugs or other
				potentially harmful substances, including alcohol, which significantly and
				negatively impacts one or more major areas of life functioning.
R.
"Substance related disorder"
means any disorder related to the taking of a drug of abuse (including
				alcohol), to the side effects of a medication, or to toxin exposure. (American
				Psychiatric Association:
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
				Disorders
, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric
				Association, 1994, p.175).
S.
"Treatment"
means the broad range of emergency, outpatient,
				intermediate and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation,
				medical, psychiatric, psychological and social service care, vocational
				rehabilitation and career counseling, which may be extended to any
				client.
T.
"Treatment
				plan"
means that written strategy which is derived from the client
				screening/ intake/assessment and contains the written goals and objectives of
				the services to be provided and a schedule of service delivery.
U.
"Treatment staff"
means any
				person employed by an agency which is directly involved in treatment and client
				care.