New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS › Part 12 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACUTE CARE, LIMITED SERVICES AND SPECIAL HOSPITALS › Section 8.370.12.38 - EMERGENCY SERVICES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
Minimum care requirements:
Acute-care or limited services
				hospitals must provide an area in the facility with adequate space and
				emergency equipment needed to treat emergency patients. Written policies for
				the care of such patients must be readily available to all patient care
				staff.
B.
Distinct emergency
				service:
If the hospital has a distinct emergency service:
(1) the emergency service shall be directed
				by personnel who are qualified by training and experience to direct the
				emergency service and shall be integrated with other services of the
				hospital;
(2) the policies and
				procedures governing medical care provided by the emergency service shall be
				established by, and are a continuing responsibility of, the medical
				staff;
(3) emergency services shall
				be supervised by a member of the medical staff, and nursing functions shall be
				the responsibility of a professional registered nurse;
(4) the hospital's emergency services shall
				be coordinated with local / state / federal mass casualty plans and
(5) written policies and procedures shall be
				established prescribing a course of action, including policies for transferring
				a patient to an appropriate facility when the patient's medical status
				indicates the need for emergency care which the hospital cannot provide, to be
				followed in the care of persons who:
(a)
				manifest severe emotional disturbances;
(b) are under the influence of alcohol or
				other drugs;
(c) are victims of
				suspected abuse or are victims of other suspected criminal acts;
(d) have a contagious disease;
(e) have been contaminated by hazardous,
				chemical, biological or radioactive materials;
(f) are diagnosed dead on arrival;
				or
(g) present other conditions
				requiring special directions regarding action to be taken.
(6) A hospital that provides emergency care
				for sexual assault survivors shall:
(a)
				provide each sexual assault survivor with medically and factually accurate
				and
(b) objective written and oral
				information about emergency contraception as described in their policies and
				procedures;
(c) orally and in
				writing inform each sexual assault survivor for her option to be provided
				emergency contraception at the hospital; and
(d) provide emergency contraception at the
				hospital to each sexual assault survivor who requests it and document it in the
				patient's medical record.
(7) The provision of emergency contraception
				pills shall include the initial dose that the sexual assault survivor can take
				at the hospital as well as the subsequent dose that the sexual assault survivor
				may self-administer 12 hours following the initial dose or in accordance with
				accepted standards of practice for the administration of emergency
				contraception.
(8) A communications
				system employing telephone, radiotelephone or similar means shall be in use to
				establish and maintain contact with the police department, emergency medical
				services, rescue squads and other emergency services of the
				community.
(9) A list of emergency
				referral services shall be available in the basic emergency service. This list
				shall include the name, address and telephone number of such services as:
(a) police department;
(b) rape or domestic crisis center;
(c) burn center;
(d) drug abuse center;
(e) New Mexico poison center;
(f) suicide prevention center;
(g) the office of epidemiology of the New
				Mexico health care authority;
(h)
				local public health office;
(i)
				clergy;
(j) emergency psychiatric
				service;
(k) chronic dialysis
				service;
(l) renal transplant
				center;
(m) intensive care newborn
				nursery;
(n) radiation accident
				management service;
(o) ambulance
				transport and rescue service, including military resources;
(p) county coroner or medical
				examiner;
(q) hazardous materials
				management service;
(r) anti-venom
				service;
(s) emergency and dental
				service;
(t) local emergency
				operations center.
(10)
				The hospital shall have the following service capabilities:
(a) adequate monitoring and therapeutic
				equipment;
(b) laboratory service
				shall be capable of providing the necessary support for the emergency
				service;
(c) radiological service
				shall be capable of providing the necessary support of the emergency
				service;
(d) services shall be
				available for life threatening situations adequate for the size and scope of
				the facility and staff;
(e) the
				hospital shall have readily available the services of a blood bank containing
				common types of blood and blood derivatives.